Painter's colic refers to a type of lead poisoning that affects painters and other professionals working with lead-based paints. It can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and constipation. Other synonyms for this condition include lead colic, lead poisoning, plumbism, and saturnine colic. Lead colic is a term used to describe the gastrointestinal symptoms caused by acute lead toxicity, and it can lead to more severe health problems if left untreated. Plumbism and saturnine colic both refer to lead poisoning as well, with plumbism deriving from the Latin word for lead, plumbum. Overall, these terms all refer to the same toxic condition caused by lead exposure, particularly from paint.
