Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant
Intoxications in pediatric age represent a frequent cause of visit to the hospital emergency unit. Herb-made products can be toxic for the infant. The neurotoxic properties of the star anise (Illicium verum) have been widely described, although it is a classic product used to treat the infantile col...
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| author | Pablo Obando-Pacheco Patricia Luisa Martínez-Martínez Yolanda Pérez-de-Eulate-Bazán José Luis de-la Mota-Ybancos Guillermo Milano-Manso Carlos Sierra-Salinas |
| author_facet | Pablo Obando-Pacheco Patricia Luisa Martínez-Martínez Yolanda Pérez-de-Eulate-Bazán José Luis de-la Mota-Ybancos Guillermo Milano-Manso Carlos Sierra-Salinas |
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| description | Intoxications in pediatric age represent a frequent cause of visit to the hospital emergency unit. Herb-made products can be toxic for the infant. The neurotoxic properties of the star anise (Illicium verum) have been widely described, although it is a classic product used to treat the infantile colic. Hepatic failure due to the consumption of anise herb elaborated infusions is presented as an exceptional finding in our environment. A case of a 4-month-old infant with hypertransaminasemia, severe coagulopathy, non ketotic hypoglycemia, moderated metabolic acidosis and neurologic symptoms such as seizures and nistagmus is described. After discarding infectious, metabolic and autoimmune etiology and through a meticulous anamnesis, the family referred having administered in the last two months a daily star anise and green anise (Pimpinella anisum) infusion to the patient. It is important to emphasize the serious risk of administering homemade herb infusions to infants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7d9c4b27d8045c4b3ada86efdc36db22022-12-21T18:51:12ZengAran EdicionesRevista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas1130-01081081281982110.17235/reed.2016.3964/2015S1130-01082016001200015Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infantPablo Obando-Pacheco0Patricia Luisa Martínez-Martínez1Yolanda Pérez-de-Eulate-Bazán2José Luis de-la Mota-Ybancos3Guillermo Milano-Manso4Carlos Sierra-Salinas5Hospital Regional Universitario de MálagaHospital Regional Universitario de MálagaHospital Costa del SolHospital Regional Universitario de MálagaHospital Regional Universitario de MálagaHospital Regional Universitario de MálagaIntoxications in pediatric age represent a frequent cause of visit to the hospital emergency unit. Herb-made products can be toxic for the infant. The neurotoxic properties of the star anise (Illicium verum) have been widely described, although it is a classic product used to treat the infantile colic. Hepatic failure due to the consumption of anise herb elaborated infusions is presented as an exceptional finding in our environment. A case of a 4-month-old infant with hypertransaminasemia, severe coagulopathy, non ketotic hypoglycemia, moderated metabolic acidosis and neurologic symptoms such as seizures and nistagmus is described. After discarding infectious, metabolic and autoimmune etiology and through a meticulous anamnesis, the family referred having administered in the last two months a daily star anise and green anise (Pimpinella anisum) infusion to the patient. It is important to emphasize the serious risk of administering homemade herb infusions to infants.http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082016001200015&lng=en&tlng=enAniseedStar aniseHepatotoxicity by herbsNeurotoxicityNatural and herbal products |
| spellingShingle | Pablo Obando-Pacheco Patricia Luisa Martínez-Martínez Yolanda Pérez-de-Eulate-Bazán José Luis de-la Mota-Ybancos Guillermo Milano-Manso Carlos Sierra-Salinas Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas Aniseed Star anise Hepatotoxicity by herbs Neurotoxicity Natural and herbal products |
| title | Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant |
| title_full | Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant |
| title_fullStr | Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant |
| title_short | Liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4-month-old infant |
| title_sort | liver failure secondary to poisoning by a homemade product made of star and green anise in a 4 month old infant |
| topic | Aniseed Star anise Hepatotoxicity by herbs Neurotoxicity Natural and herbal products |
| url | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082016001200015&lng=en&tlng=en |
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