A child with bradycardia and hypotension related to mad honey intoxication

Abstract

Mad honey poisoning is a well known condition in the Black Sea Region of Turkey The cause of the poisoning is the toxin known as grayanotoxin found in honey obtained from the nectar of Rhododendron ponticum species growing naturally on the mountains in the region Here in we presented a 15 year old boy was brought to the emergency department with weakness and dizziness due to bradycardia and hypotension after eating mad honey Turk Arch Ped 2013; 48: 53 4

Keywords

• Child, intoxication, mad honeyDO I: 10.4274/tpa.328

Deli bal zehirlenmesine bağlı bradikardi ve hipotansiyon gelişen çocuk olgusu

Abstract

Deli bal zehirlenmesi Türkiye rsquo;nin Karadeniz Bölgesi rsquo;nde görülen bir durumdur Bu zehirlenmenin nedeni bölgedeki dağlarda doğal olarak yetişen Rhododendron ponticum bitki türünün nektarından elde edilen balda bulunan grayanotoksin diye bilinen toksinden kaynaklanır Burada bal yedikten sonra kan basıncı düşüklüğü ve bradikardi nedeniyle gelişen halsizlik ve baş dönmesi yakınmaları ile acil servise getirilen 15 yaşındaki bir erkek çocuk sunuldu.

Keywords

• Çocuk
• deli bal
• zehirlenme

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6. Deli bal zehirlenmesine bağlı bradikardi ve hipotansiyon gelişen çocuk olgusu / A child with bradycardia and hypotension related to mad honey intoxication 54