| Disease | A CASE REPORT (1937) OF A 24 YEAR OLD MALE WHO HAD NOTED PERIODICALLY THAT HE EXPERIENCED MILD ADVERSE REACTIONS WHEN CONTACTING THE TITLE PLANT.
HE AVOIDED CONTACT WITH THE PLANT FOR WHAT HE BELIVTO BE SUFFICIENT TIME SO THAT THE REACTION WOULD NOT RECUR AND THEN BECAME INVOLVED IN HARVESTING THE PLANT.
EXPLOSURE TO THE PLANT RESULTED IN A STRONG, SPURIOUS DERMATITIS: EDEMA, REDNESS, BLISTERING, PUSTULE FORMATION ON THE DORSAL SURFACE OF BOTH HANDS.
HE EXPERIENCED A CUTANEOUS REACTION WITH THE FLOWERS, SLIGHTLY POSITIVE REACTION WITH A DECOCTION OF THE FLOWERS AND NEGATIVE REACTION WITH THE LEAVES.
FURTHER, THE PATIENT HAVING DRUNK A CUP OF CAMOMILE INFUSION, PRESENTED VERY DISTINCT GENERAL REACTIONS OF THE ANAPHYLACTOID TYPE: SLOW PULSE, PALE AND GOOSE-LIKE SKIN, ASTHMA, LEUKOPENIA.
IT WAS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS. |