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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  4, Issue 2, April-June 2018, Pages 173-176
 

Case Report

A Rare Entity of Bottle Gourd Toxicity with Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome

Kangjam Lakshmi Devi1, Sarat Kumar Naidu2, Dheeraj Bhaskaran Nair3

1Resident 2Attending Consultant 3Associate Consultant and Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201012, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.22

Abstract

A 59 years old male was presented to our Emergency Department with complaints of multiple episode of vomiting and fresh blood in vomitus, loose stools and reddish coloured urine after consuming some home made bottle gourd juice. Later he was diagnosed as bottle gourd toxicity with a shock which led to MODS. He was aggressively managed with IV fluids, pantoprazole infusion, antibiotics and other supportive medications. He improved and was discharged in a stable condition after 7 days of hospitalization.
Keywords: Bottle Gourd; Bitter Juice; Toxicity; Shock; Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS).



Corresponding Author : Kangjam Lakshmi Devi Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201012, India.