The influence of heavy metals on cataracts

• Authors: Katarzyna Rektor , Piotr Kamiński , Małgorzata Lorek , Grażyna Malukiewicz , Maria Bogdzińska , Sylwia Brodzka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Currently, much attention is paid to the search for the etiology of many eye diseases. It has been shown that environmental pollution with heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury) is of significant importance. One of these diseases is cataract, i.e. clouding of the lens of the eye. It turns out that heavy metals are deposited in the tissues of the eyes, damaging them and accelerating the disease. This work is aimed at presenting the problem of the influence of heavy metals on cataracts. The study compares the concentration of heavy metals between the control group (81 healthy volunteers) and the group of cataract patients (72 sick). Plasma was used in the research and the ICP-MS method was used.

Keywords

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cadmium; cataract; eye; heavy metals; lead; mercury

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 26-37

Contributors

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Katarzyna Rektor

• University of Zielona Gora, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, 1 Prof. Szafran Str., PL 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland

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Piotr Kamiński

• University of Zielona Gora, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, 1 Prof. Szafran Str., PL 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland

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Małgorzata Lorek

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, 9 M. Sklodowska-Curie Str., PL 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Grażyna Malukiewicz

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital No. 1, Department of Eye Diseases, 9 M. Sklodowska-Curie Str., PL 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Maria Bogdzińska

• University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, 28 Mazowiecka Str., PL 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Sylwia Brodzka

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, 9 M. Sklodowska-Curie Str., PL 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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