| Disease | THIS IS A REPORT ON 31 CASES OF POISONING BY TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII. CLINICAL SYMPTOMS INCLUDED LOSS OF ENERGY (17 CASES), DIZZINESS (16 CASES), FEVER,(12 CASES), NAUSEA (12 CASES), VOMITING (19 CASES), ABDOMINAL PAIN (19 CASES), DIARRHEA (4
CASES), BACK PAIN (10 CASES), AND DECREASED URINATION (14 CASES). IN SEVERE CASES, BODY TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 40 C AND PATIENTS VOMITED BROWNISH BLOODY MATERIAL. IN VICTIMS INGESTING MORE THAN SEVEN YONG SHOOTS OF THE PLANT, BLOOD PRESSURE
STARTED TO DECREASE WITHIN 3 DAYS. AFTER APPROPRIATE TREATMENT, THE PRESSURE INCREASED FOLLOWED BY EDEMA. AT EXTREMELY HIGH DOSES (48 SHOOTS OR MORE), SHOCK OCCURRED WITHIN 12 HOURS, FOLLOWED BY COMA AND RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION. TOXICITY AND
DEATH ARE CAUSED BY KIDNEY DAMAGE. INTERNAL BLEEDING WAS OFTEN OBSERVED. |