- 두꺼비독 중독 2례
- 2 Cases of Toad Venom Intoxication
- ㆍ 저자명
- 권정훈,전우찬,정윤석,안정환,Kwon. Cheong-Hoon,Jun. Woo-Chan,Jung. Yoon-Suk,Ahn. Jung-Hwan
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 대한임상독성학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2006년|4권 1호|pp.58-60 (3 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한임상독성학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
The venom gland of Toad contains large quantities of cardiac glycosides, and toad venom poisoning is similar to digitalis toxicity and carries a high mortality. Sometimes after ingestion of aphrodisiac pills which contain dried toad, a patient develops gastrointestinal symptoms and bradycardia, psychoneurologic symptoms. We have experienced 2 cases of toad venom intoxication, who ingested asian toads. Patients were presented to our ED with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The patients were peformed monitoring and conservative treatment and were fully recovered. Toad venom intoxication should be considered in patients with clinical manifestation of gastrointestinal irritation, cardiac arrhythmias, hyperkalemia, and detectable serum digoxin level without current medication of digoxin.