A complicated chinese herbal medicine nephrotoxicity

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2020 Mar-Apr;31(2):533-536. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.284032.

Abstract

Chinese herbal medicine is widely used globally. In many instances, it is associated with severe adverse outcomes. We report case of a Chinese herbal nephropathy occurring in a 43-year-old woman showing renal impairment, metabolic acidosis, Stokes - Adams syndrome, hypernatremia, and hypokalemia, characteristics not usually encountered in published cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis / chemically induced*
  • Acidosis / diagnosis
  • Acidosis / physiopathology
  • Acidosis / therapy
  • Adams-Stokes Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Adams-Stokes Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Adams-Stokes Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Adams-Stokes Syndrome / therapy
  • Adult
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Fertility Agents, Female / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hypernatremia / chemically induced*
  • Hypernatremia / diagnosis
  • Hypernatremia / physiopathology
  • Hypernatremia / therapy
  • Hypokalemia / chemically induced*
  • Hypokalemia / diagnosis
  • Hypokalemia / physiopathology
  • Hypokalemia / therapy
  • Kidney / drug effects*
  • Kidney / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Fertility Agents, Female