Acute renal failure secondary to ingestion of ayurvedic medicine containing mercury

Several traditional medicines contain potentially toxic heavy metals. Heavy metal poisoning is not an uncommon cause of renal damage, although the diagnosis can be easily missed. We report a case of chronic ingestion of an ayurvedic medicine containing mercury in a 2-year-old girl, resulting in anur...

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Autores principales: Sathe, K., Ali, U., Ohri, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23960350
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.114485
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description Several traditional medicines contain potentially toxic heavy metals. Heavy metal poisoning is not an uncommon cause of renal damage, although the diagnosis can be easily missed. We report a case of chronic ingestion of an ayurvedic medicine containing mercury in a 2-year-old girl, resulting in anuric renal failure due to acute interstitial nephritis.
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spelling pubmed-37419782013-08-19 Acute renal failure secondary to ingestion of ayurvedic medicine containing mercury Sathe, K. Ali, U. Ohri, A. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Several traditional medicines contain potentially toxic heavy metals. Heavy metal poisoning is not an uncommon cause of renal damage, although the diagnosis can be easily missed. We report a case of chronic ingestion of an ayurvedic medicine containing mercury in a 2-year-old girl, resulting in anuric renal failure due to acute interstitial nephritis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3741978/ /pubmed/23960350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.114485 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Acute renal failure secondary to ingestion of ayurvedic medicine containing mercury
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741978/
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