Two cases of honey poisoning with syncope.
- Author:
Hye Lim OH
1
;
Woo Shik KIM
;
Heung Sun KANG
;
Chung Whee CHOUE
;
Kwon Sam KIM
;
Jung Sang SONG
;
Jong Hoa BAE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Honey;
Poisoning;
Sick sinus syndrome
- MeSH:
Brazil;
Eating;
Flowers;
Honey*;
Humans;
Hypotension;
Korea;
Membranes;
Nepal;
Permeability;
Poisoning*;
Rhododendron;
Sick Sinus Syndrome;
Syncope*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2000;59(2):208-212
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intoxifications caused by toxic honey were occurred recently in Korea. Honey poisoning is known to be induced by grayanotoxins, that appear in flowers of different species of Rhododendron. These toxic compounds cause depolarization of membranes that contain fast Na channel by increasing in Na permeability. After ingestion of toxic honey patients may present with neurological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal sign and symptoms. Two cases of honey poisoning are described here. Both patients experienced syncope and severe arterial hypotension after ingestion of honey which was brought from Nepal and Brazil. Conservative treatement was fully successful in both patients within 24 hours. We report the first case of honey poisoning in Korea.
