My child has a positive lead test...what next???

We lived in an old house when my daughter was that age - she liked to stand up at the window with her hands on the windowsill, and the paint was so old apparently it had lead in it, which seeped into the dust you get on your windowsills. She scored a lead count of 12, I think.

As far as the doctor, they'll need to retest your child in a certain amount of time, to see if it goes down. In our case, in 6 months, it was back to normal, below 10. As for you, you can ask your child's doctor, or research online, to learn how to remove lead from your child's environment, such as using water filters, using a high-phosphate cleanser to clean areas such as windowsills and doorways that your child might touch (I think this is no longer suggested, but was suggested back when mine was this age), etc. In our case, we had to move into a newer apt without lead paint.

There's nothing you've necessarily done wrong. I've never heard of CPS coming for your kids for testing high for lead. And actually, once you're able to identify the lead sources and prevent your child's exposure to them, their lead 'count' will go back down to normal and they'll be fine. My daughter is now perfectly healthy, bright, and functioning. No lead-related medical issues whatsoever. But for your child's sake, I'd suggest you be proactive and correct the root cause of their exposure.

Best wishes!

She could were examined at 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and then again at 24 months yet when your condominium examined constructive then you actually want notify the Dr now. My cousins both ended up very ill from lead poisioning from a house they moved into. They were 6 and 7 on the time and it took a lengthy time period to get well and they nonetheless have well being complications the Dr's imagine are lasting from such extreme lead ranges.

Well I doubt you're feeding your children lead. Maybe it's from the water or the house paint. Which is not your fault. Don't worry, they won't take your children away. They're probably checking more for security for the rest of the family, and they'll tell you if you need to get the hell out of that house because of high toxicity.

i wouldn't be concerned w/ them taking your kids. what they'll probably do is check for lead in the water and possibly in paint in your house, if it's older. if the state mandates that all children between a certain age be tested for lead, they obviously know it can be an issue. don't sweat it. and don't try to change things around (w/ feeding, where they play, whatever). if there is a high level of lead in paint in your house or your water or whatever, you want them to find it.

They just use the data to try and study/treat the problem through medical geography. Your son will become a piece of data in a data set used to map the lead problems in children in your county. Hopefully they can determine the cause and remove it with enough information like this.

If you are drinking water out of the tap, I would stop. Also, try to install air purifiers in your home.

Use an eraser and rub the lead out lol