Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium

Herbal medicine is a growing alternative for established medicine. Many plants and herbs are currently in use for a myriad of diseases and symptoms. However, there are many reports in the literature of life-threatening adverse effects of these drugs. We report a 39 years old male, that consulted for...

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Autores principales: Caiozzi A,Gianella, Cabrera T,Daniel, Mardónez U,José Miguel, Saldías P,Fernando
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2002
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720020012000112003-02-05Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elateriumCaiozzi A,GianellaCabrera T,DanielMardónez U,José MiguelSaldías P,Fernando Adverse drug reaction reporting systems Herbs Medicine, herbal Uvula Herbal medicine is a growing alternative for established medicine. Many plants and herbs are currently in use for a myriad of diseases and symptoms. However, there are many reports in the literature of life-threatening adverse effects of these drugs. We report a 39 years old male, that consulted for pain in the nostrils and severe nasal obstruction, that appeared two hours after instilling Ecballium elaterirum in the nostrils. On physical examination, uvular edema was observed. The patient was successfully managed with intravenous betametasone and chlorphenamine (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1407-10info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.12 20022002-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002001200011es10.4067/S0034-98872002001200011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Adverse drug reaction reporting systems
Herbs
Medicine, herbal
Uvula
spellingShingle Adverse drug reaction reporting systems
Herbs
Medicine, herbal
Uvula
Caiozzi A,Gianella
Cabrera T,Daniel
Mardónez U,José Miguel
Saldías P,Fernando
Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
description Herbal medicine is a growing alternative for established medicine. Many plants and herbs are currently in use for a myriad of diseases and symptoms. However, there are many reports in the literature of life-threatening adverse effects of these drugs. We report a 39 years old male, that consulted for pain in the nostrils and severe nasal obstruction, that appeared two hours after instilling Ecballium elaterirum in the nostrils. On physical examination, uvular edema was observed. The patient was successfully managed with intravenous betametasone and chlorphenamine (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1407-10
author Caiozzi A,Gianella
Cabrera T,Daniel
Mardónez U,José Miguel
Saldías P,Fernando
author_facet Caiozzi A,Gianella
Cabrera T,Daniel
Mardónez U,José Miguel
Saldías P,Fernando
author_sort Caiozzi A,Gianella
title Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
title_short Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
title_full Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
title_fullStr Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
title_full_unstemmed Hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: Angioedema de úvula causado por uso de Ecballium elaterium
title_sort hierbas medicinales y graves efectos adversos: angioedema de úvula causado por uso de ecballium elaterium
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2002
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002001200011
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