4 резултати
Two patients poisoned by andromedotoxin-containing honey were treated in Austrian hospitals in 1981 and 1982. The toxin-containing honey had in both cases been obtained in the coastal mediterranean part of Turkey. Both patients had severe arterial hypotension, bradycardic arrhythmias, syncope and
An unusual type of food poisoning is commonly seen in the Black Sea coast of Turkey attributable to andromedotoxin containing toxic honey ingestion. This study is a retrospective case series of 19 patients admitted to an emergency department in 2002, poisoned by "mad" honey. All of the patients had
BACKGROUND
Grayanotoxins (GTX), also known as andromedotoxins, are produced by plants of the Ericacae family. This toxin is responsible for "mad honey" intoxication, which can present with fatal cardiac bradyarrhythmias and circulatory collapse. GTXs lead to cardiac toxicity because they increase
METHODS
A 49-year-old Turkish man, previously well, suddenly developed severe vertigo and a feeling of retrosternal compression. The symptoms had set in within one hour of eating Turkish wild honey. The patient was in a poor general state with a heart rate of 38/min after administration of atropine