Children often play here and there, making clothes dirty and sticking most of the dirt on various parts of the body. Parents need to be careful, as sometimes that dirt contains lead which may harm your innocent child.
The dirt and dust present on floors, windowsills, paint contains lead which is one of the constituents included in paints and building materials of which children get exposed to it easily, when these materials are present scattered in the house all around may lead to poisoning.
Lead poisoning may escort to disabilities in learning, behavioral issues, affected speech as well as hearing, coma or even death stage.
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning has provided some symptoms of lead poisoning including- headache, excess sleeping, stiffness and pain in stomach, complexity with balance and motor skills and irritability.
If you deduce any of these symptoms in your child, rush to the doctor immediately. Be watchful whenever your child gets exposed to any kind of dust or dirt. Keep your child away from the building materials and paints when some kind of construction work is on progress in or nearby your house.
Via: yahoo