Acute intoxication with betel nuts and home-distilled alcohol

Kristoffer Schmidt Laursen Nørgaard; Dorte Fris Palmqvist

Acute intoxication with betel nuts and home-distilled alcohol

Kristoffer Schmidt Laursen Nørgaard, Dorte Fris Palmqvist

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Abstract

The consumption of betel nuts causes a cholinergic effect and the nuts are widely consumed in Asia for their psychostimulative effect. Regardless, only few reports on intoxication exist. This case report describes a 27-year-old man who was found unconscious after consumption of a vast amount of betel nuts in conjunction with home-distilled alcohol. Although definite cardiac arrest was never confirmed, the patient woke up after several cycles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Afterwards, he experienced blurry vision which was ascribed to cholinergic-induced accommodation paresis. The patient was later discharged with full remission.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Not Available
Originalsprog	Dansk
Tidsskrift	Ugeskrift for Laeger
Vol/bind	185
Udgave nummer	44
ISSN	0041-5782
Status	Udgivet - 30 okt. 2023

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Male
Humans
Adult
Areca
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Heart Arrest/chemically induced
Vision Disorders

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