Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine

Nowadays People use herbal medicines to try to maintain or improve their health but sometimes they cause side-effects and some herbal drug may also interact with medication. We reported a 37 -year-old man who presented to the emergency department with sever watery diarrhea, vomiting, dysphagia, bic...

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Main Authors: Narjes Zarei Jalalabadi, Nasim Khajavirad, Samaneh Parsa, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan
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Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2023-07-01
Series:Case Reports in Clinical Practice
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Online Access:https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/615
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author Narjes Zarei Jalalabadi
Nasim Khajavirad
Samaneh Parsa
Sahar Karimpour Reyhan
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description Nowadays People use herbal medicines to try to maintain or improve their health but sometimes they cause side-effects and some herbal drug may also interact with medication. We reported a 37 -year-old man who presented to the emergency department with sever watery diarrhea, vomiting, dysphagia, bicytopenia, renal failure and Acute esophageal necrosis, also known as black esophagus which is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that universally affects the distal esophagus, 2-days after use of herbal drug named suranjan. Suranjan is a herbal formulation used to treat Rheumatoid arthritis.
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spelling doaj.art-5d587e9808b04a96bdb954caa5849c8e2023-08-16T05:57:32ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesCase Reports in Clinical Practice2538-26832538-26912023-07-018110.18502/crcp.v8i1.13093Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal MedicineNarjes Zarei Jalalabadi0Nasim Khajavirad1Samaneh Parsa2Sahar Karimpour Reyhan3Department Internal medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital complexs,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department Internal medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital complexs,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department Internal medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital complexs,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department Internal medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital complexs,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Nowadays People use herbal medicines to try to maintain or improve their health but sometimes they cause side-effects and some herbal drug may also interact with medication. We reported a 37 -year-old man who presented to the emergency department with sever watery diarrhea, vomiting, dysphagia, bicytopenia, renal failure and Acute esophageal necrosis, also known as black esophagus which is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that universally affects the distal esophagus, 2-days after use of herbal drug named suranjan. Suranjan is a herbal formulation used to treat Rheumatoid arthritis. https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/615HerbalSuranjanAcute esophageal necrosis
spellingShingle Narjes Zarei Jalalabadi
Nasim Khajavirad
Samaneh Parsa
Sahar Karimpour Reyhan
Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
Case Reports in Clinical Practice
Herbal
Suranjan
Acute esophageal necrosis
title Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
title_full Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
title_fullStr Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
title_full_unstemmed Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
title_short Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
title_sort acute esophageal necrosis as a result of taking herbal medicine
topic Herbal
Suranjan
Acute esophageal necrosis
url https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/615
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