A Case Series of Ten Patients of Epidemic Dropsy June 2018 in a Tertiary Care Centre Epidemic dropsy
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Epidemic dropsy (ED) occurs because of intoxication with alkaloid sanguinarine of Argemone Mexicana, the Prickly Poppy. Here we report a case series of ten patients, belonging to the same family, residents of a northern district in Uttar Pradesh, India. All of these admitted in June 2018 with pallor and erythematous bilateral pedal edema. Our aim to report all these cases is to create awareness among people and to tell the importance of this malady, although it is illegal to sell mustard oil un-bottled in our country India.
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[3]. Dhayal GL, Agarwal H, Mathur A, Mathur S, Kishoria N, Jain S, et al. Case report of a small outbreak of epidemic dropsy. J Indi Med Assoc 2013; 111: 200–201.
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[7].Ramasastri BV, Babu S (1975) A study on the toxicity of Argemone oil in experimental animals. Indian J Med Res 63:1353–1357.
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Sonkar, S. K., Kumar, S., Alam, M., & Atam, V. (2019). A Case Series of Ten Patients of Epidemic Dropsy June 2018 in a Tertiary Care Centre: Epidemic dropsy. Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2(12), 375–377. https://doi.org/10.15520/jcmro.v2i12.240
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