Author/Authors :
Ay, Mehmet Oğuzhan Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Aktürk, Abdülkadir Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Çolakoğlu, Ahmet Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Çelikdemir, Alper Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Kozacı, Nalan Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Açıkalın, Ayça Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Avcı, Akkan Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey , Satar, Salim Adana Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Acil Tıp Kliniği, Turkey
Abstract :
Licorice is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, which has a herbal ingredient, glycyrrhizic acid. Excessive intake of licorice may cause a hypermineralocorticoidism-like syndrome characterized by sodium and water retention, hypokalemia, hypertension, metabolic alkalosis, low-renin activity, and hypoaldosteronism. In this paper, an 34 years old man who admitted to the emergency department with respiratory failure and marked muscle weakness of all extremities that progressed to paralysis after excessive intake of licorice syrup was presented. It was aimed to draw attention to the necessity of questioning whether there is excessive intake of licorice or not in patients who admitted to emergency department with paralysis and dyspnea. Plasma potassium concentration of the patient was 1.4 mmol/L. The patient s respiratory distress and loss of muscle strength recovered completely after potassium replacement.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Licorice , hypokalemia , paralysis , dyspnea
