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Yogi Detox Tea: A Potential Cause of Acute Liver Failure
Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, v 2017, 3540756
01 Jan 2017
PMID: 29204300
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Abstract
We present a case of acute fulminant liver failure from a liver detoxification tea. We present a 60-year-old female with weakness, lethargy, scleral icterus, jaundice, and worsening mental status. She drank herbal tea three times a day for 14 days prior to symptom development. Liver tests were elevated. Remaining laboratory tests and imaging were negative for other etiologies. An ultrasound-guided liver biopsy showed submassive necrosis. A literature search on the ingredients shows six ingredients as having hepatotoxic effects and remaining ingredients as having very sparse hepatoprotective data. Healthcare professionals should discuss herbal medication and tea use and report adverse effects.
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- Title
- Yogi Detox Tea: A Potential Cause of Acute Liver Failure
- Creators
- Keerthana Kesavarapu - Department of Internal Medicine, Drexel University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USAMitchell Kang - Drexel UniversityJaewook James Shin - Drexel UniversityKenneth Rothstein - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, v 2017, 3540756
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology; General Internal Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000413870300001
- Other Identifier
- 991021866808504721
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