Nasal insertion of St John's wort: an unusual cause of epistaxis
| Autor: | Catriona M. Douglas, D P Crampsey, L D Cooke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Rhinology medicine.medical_specialty Side effect Anterior ethmoidal artery medicine.artery Humans Medicine Drug Interactions Administration Intranasal Nose Plant Extracts business.industry Hypericum perforatum General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Epistaxis medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Anesthesia Foreign body Ligation business Sphenopalatine artery Hypericum Phytotherapy |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 121:279-280 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0022215106004555 |
| Popis: | We report a case of severe unilateral epistaxis requiring surgical arrest of bleeding, via endoscopic sphenopalatine artery ligation and anterior ethmoidal artery ligation. This followed recreational nasal insertion of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). Interactions between this substance and prescribed drugs have been described following oral ingestion. However, this unusual case highlights a further, worrying potential rhinological side effect of this substance. |
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