Acute poisoning with Jatropha curcas (purging nut tree) in children.
During the first 3 months of 1983 8 children were admitted to Ga-Rankuwa Hospital with marked nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea after ingesting the seeds of Jatropha curcas. Five patients needed intravenous rehydration but all made a rapid and uneventful recovery.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012639:Seeds; D013019:South Africa