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Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report
Calotropis is a widely prevalent plant in the Indian Subcontinent. The extract and various parts of the plant are used by traditional healers for treating miscellaneous diseases. All parts of the plants are toxic; there are many case reports of gastrointestinal, cutaneous and ocular toxicity with Ca...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110881 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20 |
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author | Iyadurai, Ramya Gunasekaran, Karthik Jose, Arun Pitchaimuthu, Kishore |
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description | Calotropis is a widely prevalent plant in the Indian Subcontinent. The extract and various parts of the plant are used by traditional healers for treating miscellaneous diseases. All parts of the plants are toxic; there are many case reports of gastrointestinal, cutaneous and ocular toxicity with Calotropis. The plant contains Cardenolide glycosides which have Digoxin like effects and can cause severe cardiotoxicity. We report a patient who developed cardiovascular collapse after oral ingestion and cutaneous application of Calotropis following snake bite by a traditional healer, this case thus highlights the potential cardiotoxicity of Calotropis. |
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spelling | pubmed-75865642020-10-26 Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report Iyadurai, Ramya Gunasekaran, Karthik Jose, Arun Pitchaimuthu, Kishore J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Calotropis is a widely prevalent plant in the Indian Subcontinent. The extract and various parts of the plant are used by traditional healers for treating miscellaneous diseases. All parts of the plants are toxic; there are many case reports of gastrointestinal, cutaneous and ocular toxicity with Calotropis. The plant contains Cardenolide glycosides which have Digoxin like effects and can cause severe cardiotoxicity. We report a patient who developed cardiovascular collapse after oral ingestion and cutaneous application of Calotropis following snake bite by a traditional healer, this case thus highlights the potential cardiotoxicity of Calotropis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7586564/ /pubmed/33110881 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Iyadurai, Ramya Gunasekaran, Karthik Jose, Arun Pitchaimuthu, Kishore Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title | Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title_full | Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title_fullStr | Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title_short | Calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity A case report |
title_sort | calotropis poisoning with severe cardiac toxicity a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110881 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_783_20 |
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