Presentation The patient will tell you that he was stabbed or stuck with a sharp pencil point. He may be overtly or unconsciously worried about lead poisoning. ... Reassure patient or parent that there is no danger of lead poisoning. Pencil "leads" are made of clay and graphite, which is carbon and non-toxic.
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Pencil lead is actually graphite (harmless), not poisonous lead. Even colored leads are not toxic ... Expected Course: Puncture wounds seal over in 1 to 2 hours. Pain should resolve within 2 days.
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Pencil Wound Open to All Health Related Topics ... Hi just looking for some advice, earlier this evening my 7 year old jumped up and stabbed himself on the forehead with a pencil (the type with the metal end and the sticks of lead).
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One day I asked to borrow his eraser, and when he turned to hand it to me, he was holding his pencil in the same hand. The wound healed after a few days, but I was left with a visible half-centimeter-long piece of pencil lead in my hand.
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Puncture Wounds ; Lead (graphite) from a pencil ; Pencil lead (graphite) can cause a puncture wound. Pencil lead is not lead but graphite (carbon), which is less worrisome. It is not necessary to check blood levels for lead or worry about lead toxicity or poisoning if pencil lead has caused a puncture wound.
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Doesn't everyone have one of these pencil fight wounds? This was given to me in the back of my hand by Michael King in the 2nd grade of Abraham Lincoln School in 1972. I think medical forensics would call it a 'defensive wound' but I'd call it the closest I ... So why do they call it "pencil lead" if it's really graphite???
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Delayed reaction to "lead" pencil simulating melanoma. ... A 74-year-old man had sustained a penetrating lead pencil injury to his right lower leg at the age of fifteen. A dark gray macule occurred that remained unchanged for fifty-eight years. An enlarging black nodule appeared in this area, simulating a melanoma,
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This poisoning is caused by ingestion of regular pencil lead. ... Injuries & Wounds ... Main Page of Pencil Lead...
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