In Britain a man fell ill with a rare ailment due to toothpaste

News24xx.com - In the UK, a man became ill with a rare neurological disorder due to a paste for set of false teeth. This is reported by foreign publications.

The man felt the first symptoms of the disease literally immediately after using the paste. His legs were numb, pain appeared, the condition of the British deteriorated gradually over half a year, after which he could only walk with a cane. Doctors identified a spinal cord lesion in a 62-year-old patient. This is due to a lack of copper in the body, which affects bones, blood vessels and the entire immune system as a whole.

In the end, it turned out that there was too much zinc in the patient's body. It got into the human body with a paste to care for set of false teeth. Now the man is confined to a wheelchair.

Be careful when using such pastes!