title: Profound hypoglycemia-ınduced by vaccinium corymbosum juice and laurocerasus fruit.
abstract: An emergency intervention was performed in a 75-year-old male patient with hypoglycemic attack and blackout. Although he was diagnosed with prediabetes before 2 years, he did not take any anti-diabetic drug or follow dietary advice. He drank Vaccinium corymbosum L (VC) juice daily with a belief that it increases sexual potency. Before the development of hypoglycemia, the patient had consumed about 500 ml VC juice in addition to eating 200-300 gram of Laurocerasus officinalis (LO) fruit. The measured plasma glucose (PG) level during loss of consciousness was 30 mg/dl. The profound hypoglycemia may be an unexpected side effect of an interaction between the chemical compositions of the two plants, occurred as a result of LO fruit intake that may have a strong PG-lowering effect or related to excessive intake of VC juice. Both plants may be considered in the alternative treatment of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Hamdi
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Aktan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozcelik
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cure
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Medine Cumhur
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cure
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuce
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005638:Fruit / Q000009:adverse effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D027824:Rosaceae / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D029796:Vaccinium / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005947:Glucose
keywords: Hypoglycemia; Laurocerasus officinalis; vaccinium corymbosum L
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