Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine
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Abstract
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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[4]Anonymous. The Wealth of India. National Institute of ~ 12 ~ The Pharma Innovation Journal Science Communication, CSIR, New Delhi. 2001; 2:150- 153
[5]Singh S, Nair V, Gupta K. Antiarthritic activity of Majoon Suranjan (a polyherbal Unani formulation) in rat.Indian J Med Res. 2011 Sep; 134(3): 384–388
[6]Odelowo O, Nidiry M, Marshalleck J. Acute necrotizing esophagitis: a case Report.J Natl Med Assoc. 2002 Aug; 94(8):
735–737
[7]Goldenberg SP, Wain SL, Marignani P. Acute necrotizing esophagitis. Gastroenterology. 1990 Feb;98(2):493-6
[8]Woo C J, Lau j S, Nezami H. Herbal Medicine: Toxicity and Recent Trends in Assessing Their Potential Toxic Effects. Advances in Botanical Research Volume 62, 2012, Pages 365- 384 .
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| Issue | Vol 8 No 1 (2023): Janyary-February | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v8i1.13093 | |
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| Herbal Suranjan Acute esophageal necrosis | ||
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Zarei Jalalabadi N, Khajavirad N, Parsa S, Karimpour Reyhan S. Acute Esophageal Necrosis as a Result of Taking Herbal Medicine. CRCP. 2023;8(1):21-23.
