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

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Kristoffer Schmidt Laursen Nørgaard, Dorte Fris Palmqvist

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

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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.

Translated title of the contribution	Not Available
Original language	Danish
Journal	Ugeskrift for Laeger
Volume	185
Issue number	44
ISSN	0041-5782
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2023

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Acute intoxication with betel nuts and home-distilled alcohol

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