Symptoma

Atropa Belladonna Poisoning

Methods The clinical presentation and subsequent clinical course pertaining to an individual 9 year-old girl who ingested Deadly Nightshade berries are presented. [adc.bmj.com]

Patients may present to the emergency department with a psychotic picture [3]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We present an infant who suffered serious seizures after ingestion of a homeopathic agent containing A. belladonna. [journals.lww.com]

The child presented at the ER with an atropinic syndrome, both central and peripheral, after ingestion of wild berries a few hours before. [semanticscholar.org]

  • Hyperthermia

    These convulsions can lead to hyperthermia, exhaustion, and oxygen depletion that eventually leads to asphyxiation. Rats aren’t the only ones at risk for strychnine poisoning, which can occur after ingesting or inhaling the white, odorless powder. [medicaldaily.com]

  • Intravenous Administration

    He survived after treatment with intravenous administration of physostigmine. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  • Hypotension

    The peripheral effect are mydriasis with cycloplegia, dry mucous membranes, hyperreflexia, flushed skin, diminished bowel sounds or ileus, urinary retention, tachycardia, and hypertension or hypotension. [flipper.diff.org]

    Peripheral effects include mydriasis with cycloplegia, dry mucous membranes, hyperreflexia, flushed skin, diminished bowel sounds or ileus, urinary retention, tachycardia, and hypertension or hypotension 1. [drugbank.ca]

    The peripheral effects that are common to anticholinergic agents include mydriasis with cycloplegia, dry mucous membranes, hyperreflexia, flushed skin, diminished bowel sounds or ileus, urinary retention, tachycardia, and hypertension or hypotension [ [panafrican-med-journal.com]

  • Warm Skin

    He displayed psychomotor agitation, confusion, flushed and warmed skin, urinary retention, dry mouth and dilated pupils within 3 hours of ingesting of a plant, Atropa belladonna, which has been used as a traditional folk remedy for relieving peptic ulcer [pjms.com.pk]

  • Generalized Seizure

    The 20-day-old infant arrived at the emergency department with fever and generalized seizures for 30 minutes, 2 hours after ingesting the correct dose of a homeopathic medication agent used for infantile colic. [journals.lww.com]

  • Altered Mental Status

    Physicians should be mindful of an anticholinergic syndrome due to herbal medicine when a patient with a history of altered mental status come to emergency department. [pjms.com.pk]

  • Encephalopathy

    Toxic encephalopathy after Atropa belladonna poisoning Abstract An altered mentality is a common medical condition in emergency medicine. Among the causes of this, toxic etiology due to a herbal medicine is not rare. [pjms.com.pk]

He survived after treatment with intravenous administration of physostigmine. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Astasis complaint was relatively higher (p Conclusions: AB poisoning may seriously progress in the act of late diagnosis and treatment in childhood. [mona.uwi.edu]

If symptoms of poisoning develop, they should immediately consult medical professionals for advice and prompt treatment," the spokesman urged. Ends/Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Issued at HKT 20:15 NNNN [info.gov.hk]

Treatment Vaginal Surgery 1 4 Recruiting Treatment Urinary Tract Infection 1 4 Terminated Treatment Urinary Bladder, Overactive 1 Not Available Completed Supportive Care Elective Cystoscopy / General Surgery / Ureteroscopy 1 Not Available Completed Treatment [drugbank.ca]

Among the causes of this, toxic etiology due to a herbal medicine is not rare. This article reports a case who was brought to emergency department because of the anticholinergic syndrome. [pjms.com.pk]

Therefore, in case of excitability and confusion, as well as somnolence or coma of uncertain etiology, an anticholinergic syndrome caused by ingestion of atropine-containing plants or psychoactive drugs should be included in the differential diagnosis [panafrican-med-journal.com]

Epidemiology Frequency United States Incidence is sporadic, with clusters of poisoning cases, mostly among adolescents using plants for their hallucinogenic effects. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Pathophysiology Toxicity from plants containing tropane alkaloids manifests as classic anticholinergic poisoning. [emedicine.medscape.com]

"The public should avoid picking atropa belladonna for consumption in order to prevent poisoning. If symptoms of poisoning develop, they should immediately consult medical professionals for advice and prompt treatment," the spokesman urged. [info.gov.hk]

Midwives would use it to help prevent miscarriages and others would use it during childbirth to ease labor. A salve applied topically can induce a trance-like or altered state inducing the infamous "witches flight" that many attribute to this herb. [rdalchemy.com]

Atropine blocks the muscarinic receptors of the system, preventing the acetylcholine from transmitting nerve impulses. [owlcation.com]

Tea tree oil : Tea tree oil is purported to have antiseptic properties, and has been used traditionally to prevent and treat infections. [livingnaturally.com]