Cardiovascular, psychiatric, and neurological phenomena seen in mad honey disease: A clinical case report

Key Clinical Message Mad Honey Disease is characterized by intoxication symptoms secondary to over‐ingestion of grayanotoxin found in honey produced from rhododendron nectar. Cardiovascular symptoms are common, but psychiatric and neurological phenomena are rarely seen in this condition. Our case de...

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Published in:Clinical case reports 2018-12, Vol.6 (12), p.2355-2357
Main Authors: Shrestha, Tirtha Man, Nepal, Gaurav, Shing, Yow Ka, Shrestha, Laxmi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Case Reports
grayanotoxin
hallucinations
heart block
mad honey
neuropathy
rhododendron
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Summary:Key Clinical Message Mad Honey Disease is characterized by intoxication symptoms secondary to over‐ingestion of grayanotoxin found in honey produced from rhododendron nectar. Cardiovascular symptoms are common, but psychiatric and neurological phenomena are rarely seen in this condition. Our case details a patient who presented with florid symptomology in all three aforementioned areas. Mad Honey Disease is characterized by intoxication symptoms secondary to over‐ingestion of grayanotoxin found in honey produced from rhododendron nectar. Cardiovascular symptoms are common, but psychiatric and neurological phenomena are rarely seen in this condition. Our case details a patient who presented with florid symptomology in all three aforementioned areas.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.1889