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plant toxicity
Adverse effects:
- rarely severe or life-threatening
- result in seizures, acidosis, hepatic necrosis, heart block, tachycardia, hypotension, hypoglycemia or hypertension
- plant toxins include
- calcium oxalate
- plants with hypoglycemic potential: Panex ginseng & others (see [1])
- plants causing electrolyte disturbances & other pathology (digitalis glycosides)
- mushroom poisoning
- many others
Laboratory:
- blood glucose if altered mental status
Management:
- digoxin antibody Fab framents for suspected cardiac glycoside toxicity
Specific
mushroom poisoning
General
toxicity; poisoning; overdose
References
- Sinert RH
Fast Five Quiz: Toxic Plants
Medscape. Nov 23, 2021
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/963366
- Vearrier D
11 Common Plants That Can Cause Poisonings.
Medscape. July 28, 2015
https://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/dangerous-plant-poisonings