Datura Stramonium Intoxication Resulting Anticholinergic Syndrome: Two Case Reports
Abstract
Datura stramonium, also known as pipe flower or angel's trumpet, is a toxic plant member of the belladonna family containing several alkaloids. All parts of Datura plants contain tropane alkaloids at dangerous levels, such as atropine, hyaline and scopolamine, classified as deliriums or anticholinergics. High amounts of datura stramonium ingestion may result in painful photophobia, which can lead to poisoning, usually lasting several days, resulting in delirium (as opposed to hallucinations), hyperthermia, tachycardia, strange behavior and severe mydriasis. The onset of symptoms is usually about 30 to 60 minutes after taking the plant. These symptoms usually end between 24 and 48 hours, but have been reported to last up to two weeks in some cases. In this article, we report the poisoning of 6 to 8 year old siblings with datura stramonium, who were brought to the emergency service with dry mouth, euphoric symptoms, visual hallucinations and disorientation.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Olgu Sunumu
Yazarlar
Ayşin Nalbantoğlu
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI
Türkiye
Mustafa Törehan Aslan
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI
Türkiye
Nedim Samancı
Bu kişi benim
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI
Türkiye
Dilek Yaman Taş
Bu kişi benim
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
13 Aralık 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
23 Mart 2017
Kabul Tarihi
3 Ekim 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 48 Sayı: 4