Bottle Gourd Juice: Poison or Panacea
Hussain, Sabir ， Saini, Vivek ， Varshney, Vaibhav K. ， Bhargava, Narendra
2023-06-24 CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 2023 15(卷), 6(期), (null页)
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Ingestion of toxic bottle gourd juice, particularly the bitter one, may pose a significant risk to life if not treated in time. Notwithstanding its usefulness, people drink it routinely without concern for fruit quality, extraction hygiene, and mixture with other fruits. We report two cases of bottle gourd juice poisoning with severe abdominal pain and hematemesis. On evaluation, patients were hypotensive with associated esophagitis, pangastritis, and duodenitis. After conservative management, both were discharged after five days of hospitalisation. We conclude that the chances of bottle gourd juice poisoning are higher in waterstressed arid regions; hence, care should be taken on quality and quantity while consuming it.