Muscle and joint pain. Lead poisoning is not easy to detect. Sometimes no symptoms occur, and sometimes the symptoms are the same as those of more common illnesses. Loss of appetite. Reduced attention span.
Lead enters the body through the mouth or nose.
Lead is not absorbed through the skin. A child does not have to eat paint chips to get lead poisoning. It is more common for a child to get lead poisoning by swallowing lead dust. The only way to know if you have lead poisoning is to get a blood test from your doctor. Many people mistake the symptoms of lead poisoning for other common illnesses, such as a cold or the flu.