[EvaH (OP)]

Michael asks:

I recently got poked by a mechanical pencil and caused my finger to bleed. Should I worry for lead poisoning?

Can you help?

[Halc]

I recently got poked by a mechanical pencil and caused my finger to bleed. Should I worry for lead poisoning?

Pencils (mechanical or not) are made of graphite, a form of carbon, not lead.  So no lead poisoning.
Pencil 'lead' is just a different definition of the word that does not mean element 82.

[evan_au]

Apparently, the name has stuck since a misinterpretation of the chemistry back in the 16th century.
- Back then, chemistry was barely distinguishable from alchemy
- And astronomy was barely distinguishable from astrology...

See: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/11/why-pencil-lead-is-called-lead/

[Bored chemist]

Anyone who had discovered fire  could tell the difference between graphite and lead.
However they have an important characteristic in common.
You can write on paper with them.