Acute kidney injury, oral mucositis and gastritis as complications of ingestion of papaya leaf juice extract in a patient presenting with dengue fever

The use of crude leaf preparations from Carica papaya for increasing platelet count in patients with dengue fever is a popular self-treatment that is increasingly being observed recently. We report the case of a 62-year-old male who presented to our outpatient department for the evaluation of 4-day...

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Main Authors: V Arun Raja, K M Bhargav, B Siddhartha Kumar, D Narayanamurthy, Suhrith Bhattaram, N Rukmangadha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
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Online Access:http://www.jcsr.co.in/article.asp?issn=2277-5706;year=2019;volume=8;issue=4;spage=204;epage=206;aulast=Raja