title: Lethal licorice.
abstract: The human body's response to extreme stress is complex and this patient's experience illustrates just how traumatic it can be both physiologically and psychologically. While Alan's experience was extreme and unusual, it serves to emphasise the importance of diet and health maintenance particularly for the cardiac patient.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male