Citation

Inagaki T, Hagiwara A, Nagashima A, Kimura A. Chudoku Kenkyu 2013; 26(4): 310-313.

Affiliation

National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Department.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Yakugyo Jihosha)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24483011

Abstract

A 63-year-old woman presented with a 4-hr history of sneezing, visual disturbance, and dyspnea after drinking foreign honey dissolved in hot water. Severe hypotension (56/30 mmHg) and bradycardia (55 beats/min) were identified on arrival. She was immediately administered intravenous atropine (0.5 mg) and a bolus injection of Ringer solution (2,000 mL). Circulatory abnormality dramatically improved immediately after atropine injection and she was discharged on hospital day 2. We speculate that the patient suffered from honey intoxication because of manifestations such as hypotension and bradycardia, which are commonly seen in patients intoxicated by honey.

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