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Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture
The authors present a case of a patient who used Kambo frog poison for body cleansing that induced severe vomiting and led to esophageal rupture followed by tension pneumothorax and septic shock. Kambo is the waxy substance secreted by the nocturnal giant tree frog Phyllomedusa bicolor. Kambo, which...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133843 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10677 |
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author | Robalino Gonzaga, Ernesto S Chamorro, Maria Ganti, Latha Schneider, Robert |
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description | The authors present a case of a patient who used Kambo frog poison for body cleansing that induced severe vomiting and led to esophageal rupture followed by tension pneumothorax and septic shock. Kambo is the waxy substance secreted by the nocturnal giant tree frog Phyllomedusa bicolor. Kambo, which is poisonous, is commonly believed in South America to have cleansing and healing properties. As alternative medicine becomes more common, and as more tourists frequent our hospitals, knowledge of these types of ritual related exposures is important for the practicing emergency physician to be aware of. |
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spelling | pubmed-75926312020-10-30 Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture Robalino Gonzaga, Ernesto S Chamorro, Maria Ganti, Latha Schneider, Robert Cureus Emergency Medicine The authors present a case of a patient who used Kambo frog poison for body cleansing that induced severe vomiting and led to esophageal rupture followed by tension pneumothorax and septic shock. Kambo is the waxy substance secreted by the nocturnal giant tree frog Phyllomedusa bicolor. Kambo, which is poisonous, is commonly believed in South America to have cleansing and healing properties. As alternative medicine becomes more common, and as more tourists frequent our hospitals, knowledge of these types of ritual related exposures is important for the practicing emergency physician to be aware of. Cureus 2020-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7592631/ /pubmed/33133843 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10677 Text en Copyright © 2020, Robalino Gonzaga et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Robalino Gonzaga, Ernesto S Chamorro, Maria Ganti, Latha Schneider, Robert Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title | Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title_full | Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title_fullStr | Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title_full_unstemmed | Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title_short | Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture |
title_sort | kambo frog poison as a cause of esophageal rupture |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133843 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10677 |
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