Acalypha indica induced haemolysis in G6PD deficiency.
Four patients who developed acute intravascular haemolysis after ingestion of a broth containing Acalypha indica (Sinhala: Kuppameniya) are reported. All four patients were found to have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. It is a common belief that ayurvedic medicines are free of side effects. Our report confirms again the fallacy of this belief.
Lamabadusuriya
S P
SP
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.
Jayantha
U K
UK
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006456:Hemoglobinuria / Q000139:chemically induced; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D010946:Plants, Medicinal