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A complicated chinese herbal medicine nephrotoxicity
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A complicated chinese herbal medicine nephrotoxicity

Haider Ali Omer Mohamed, Osama Mirghani Osman, Husaam Haider Ali, Mohammed Nasser Asiri, Abdulrhman Ali Hassan, Ibrahim Mohammed Almangah, Abbas Omer Elkarib and Ali AbBshabshe
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation, Vol.31(2), pp.533-536
01/03/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.284032
PMID: 32394930

Abstract

Acidosis - chemically induced Acidosis - diagnosis Acidosis - physiopathology Acidosis - therapy Adams-Stokes Syndrome - chemically induced Adams-Stokes Syndrome - diagnosis Adams-Stokes Syndrome - physiopathology Adams-Stokes Syndrome - therapy Adult Drugs, Chinese Herbal - adverse effects Female Fertility Agents, Female - adverse effects Humans Hypernatremia - chemically induced Hypernatremia - diagnosis Hypernatremia - physiopathology Hypernatremia - therapy Hypokalemia - chemically induced Hypokalemia - diagnosis Hypokalemia - physiopathology Hypokalemia - therapy Kidney - drug effects Kidney - physiopathology Kidney Diseases - chemically induced Kidney Diseases - diagnosis Kidney Diseases - physiopathology Kidney Diseases - therapy Treatment Outcome
Chinese herbal medicine is widely used globally. In many instances, it is associated with severe adverse outcomes. We report case of a Chinese herbal nephropathy occurring in a 43-year-old woman showing renal impairment, metabolic acidosis, Stokes - Adams syndrome, hypernatremia, and hypokalemia, characteristics not usually encountered in published cases.
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