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Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine

Ricin intoxication is a fatal and an uncommon medical condition. We report a case of ricin poisoning in a 42-year-old Saudi male patient who ingested a herbal medicine mixture containing ricin bean powder, after which he presented with gastrointestinal symptoms followed by gastrointestinal bleeding...

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Autor principal: Assiri, Abdullah. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22588447
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.315
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description Ricin intoxication is a fatal and an uncommon medical condition. We report a case of ricin poisoning in a 42-year-old Saudi male patient who ingested a herbal medicine mixture containing ricin bean powder, after which he presented with gastrointestinal symptoms followed by gastrointestinal bleeding and hypotension. The patient then passed into a state of shock with respiratory failure followed by cardiac arrest and death. Public health awareness of self-prescribed herbal medications is necessary.
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spelling pubmed-60810272018-09-21 Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine Assiri, Abdullah. S. Ann Saudi Med Case Report Ricin intoxication is a fatal and an uncommon medical condition. We report a case of ricin poisoning in a 42-year-old Saudi male patient who ingested a herbal medicine mixture containing ricin bean powder, after which he presented with gastrointestinal symptoms followed by gastrointestinal bleeding and hypotension. The patient then passed into a state of shock with respiratory failure followed by cardiac arrest and death. Public health awareness of self-prescribed herbal medications is necessary. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC6081027/ /pubmed/22588447 http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.315 Text en Copyright © 2012, Annals of Saudi Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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title_full Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine
title_fullStr Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine
title_full_unstemmed Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine
title_short Ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine
title_sort ricin poisoning causing death after ingestion of herbal medicine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22588447
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