Cardiac problems in mad-honey intoxication.
Mad-honey disease or honey intoxication is caused by consuming honey produced from leaves and flowers of the Rhododendron family. Here a case of honey intoxication with cardiac involvement is reported.
Choo
Young-Kwang
YK
Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Kang
Ha Yan
HY
Lim
Seong-Hoon
SH
D000368:Aged; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000506:poisoning*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006722:Honey / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D029793:Rhododendron / Q000506:poisoning*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000506:poisoning*
D004224:Diterpenes; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C001311:grayanotoxin I