Chronic licorice consumption as a rare cause of hypocalcemia

Home Page
About
Submit A Journal
Submit A Conference
Submit Paper/Book
- Submit a Preprint
- Submit a Book
Contact

Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports
Volume:11 Issue:1
Chronic licorice consumption as a rare cause of hypocalcemia

Chronic licorice consumption as a rare cause of hypocalcemia

Authors : Eda KAN, Tuba SARIAYDIN, Murat DOĞAN, Ali Kemal ERENLER

Pages : 17-18

Doi:10.33706/jemcr.577197

View : 16 | Download : 7

Publication Date : 2020-09-10

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Introduction: Licorice ingestion is well-described with its hypokalemic and hypertensive effects in the literature. To our knowledge, up to now, hypocalcemia due to licorice ingestion has not been described. Our aim is to create awareness for hypocalecemia concomittant with hypokalemia in patients with chronic licorice ingestion. Case Report: A 51-year old male patient presented to our Emergency Department insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ED); with complaint of numbness on his whole body. On anamnesis, it was determined that he has been consuming licorice to regulate his hypertension for 3 months. Laboratory analysis revealed hypokalemia and hypocalcemia. After replacement therapy, the patient was discharged from the hospital with full recovery. Conclusion: Focusing on hypokalemia may lead to misdiagnosis of hypocalcemia in patients with chronic licorice ingestion. Physicians must be aware of other electrolyte disturbances not described in the literature yet.
Keywords : licorice ingestion, hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, emergency medicine

ORIGINAL ARTICLE URL

VIEW PAPER (PDF)

* There may have been changes in the journal, article,conference, book, preprint etc. informations. Therefore, it would be appropriate to follow the information on the official page of the source. The information here is shared for informational purposes. IAD is not responsible for incorrect or missing information.