What symptom does excessive copper cause

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Excessive copper can't be more normal in life, but it's not easy to say that men, women, young and old may encounter it. Excessive copper often causes digestive tract symptoms, and affects the functions of kidney, liver, brain, bone, blood and other organs, even cell dissolution and connective tissue deposition. Wilson's disease is a typical manifestation of copper poisoning. Hypercupremia is seen in most people's acute and chronic bacterial or viral infectious diseases, but also in leukemia, various anemia, lymphogranuloma, collagen fiber disease, hemoglobosis, myocardial infarction, leprosy and so on.

What symptom does excessive copper cause

First: Although copper is an indispensable element in the body, excessive intake of copper can cause poisoning.

Second, copper excess is mainly manifested as Wilson's syndrome: bile excretion of copper dysfunction, tissue copper retention, deposition in the liver will cause chronic active hepatitis, deposition in the brain, cerebellar dyskinesia and Parkinson's syndrome.

Third: deposition in the kidney can cause renal tubular poisoning, proteinuria, hematuria and tubular, deposition in the cornea can appear rust like ring on the elastic layer.

matters needing attention

Food sources: the liver, clam, fish and shrimp of various animals contained more copper, and the juice of fruit was rich. In addition, brown sugar, soybean milk, mushrooms, cereals and vegetables all contain a certain amount of copper. As long as the diet is reasonable, it can ensure the human body's demand for copper, and generally will not cause accumulation. Avoid the food containing copper, and choose the medicine to expel copper according to the condition.