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Pediatrics Education and Research

Volume  7, Issue 2, April-June 2019, Pages 65-67
 

Case Report

Epidemic Dropsy in a Single Joint Family in Uttar Pradesh: A Case Report

Sunil Kumar Rao1, Lalit M. Malviya2

1Associate Professor, 2Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India.

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.7219.5

Abstract

Dropsy is due to consumption of mustard oil contaminated with argemone oil. It usually occurs in epidemic outbreaks with acute manifestation of bilateral pitting edema, erythema, and local tenderness along with cardiac and respiratory problems in severe cases leading to death. We report an outbreak in a single joint family with major manifestation of bilateral pitting edema, erythema, and local tenderness in seven family members. Reported case was having serious clinical manifestation involving cardiac and respiratory systems. The diagnosis of epidemic dropsy should be strongly suspected if there is repeated clustering of bilateral pedal edema cases within a single family, especially in an area consuming mustard oil.

Keywords: Epidemic dropy; Argemone oil; Bilateral Pedal Edema; Mustard oil.


Corresponding Author : Sunil Kumar Rao