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題 名 | 難忘的病人--民俗療法之併發症=Unforgettable Patients--Complications Derived from Folk Medicines |
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作 者 | 黃朝慶; 廖郁茹; | 書刊名 | 中華民國小兒科醫學會雜誌 |
卷 期 | 39:增刊A 民87.04 |
頁 次 | 頁7-9 |
分類號 | 417.509 |
關鍵詞 | 民俗療法併發症; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
英文摘要 | In Taiwan, children are exposed to a variety of folk medicines because their parents have false belief that the "Chinese medicine or herb drugs will do no harm" and are willing to try any medicine on their child under the suggestion from friends, elders, and even neighbors. We reported 4 children presented with different clinical manifestations after taking different folk medicines. First case was a 2.5-month-old baby girl who had generalized cyanosis and tachypnea 30 minutes after drinking 180 ml of Luffa cyclindica L. Roem. Despite her cyanosis and darkish arterial blood, her arterial blood gas data was normal. The second case was a 10-year-old boy who presented with sudden onset of conscious disturbance, flushing face, tachycardis, dilated pupils, metabolic acidosis and hallucination after taking 4 pieces of Datura alba Nees to treat his asthma attack. The third case was a 18-day old baby girl who had frequent acute myoclonic seizures hours after drinking Anoectochilus formaosanus Hay. Her biochemical data, brain ultrasonography and septic work-up, including cerebrospinal fluids were normal. The fourth case was a 3.5-year-old girl who had vomiting, diarrhea followed by seizures and progressed rapidly into deep coma, hypotension and flaccid weakness 5 days after taking 10 pieces of Abrus precatorius L. All our cases had complete recovery except the fourth case who had brain death and was expired 11 days after admission. Unregulation and false belief about folk medicines, and without enough medical knowledge among parents, complications, sometimes fatal, from folk medicaines, may not be uncommon in children in Taiwan. |
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