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Jatropha curcas Poisoning in a Group of Agricultural Labourer


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Jatropha curcas belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is found in the coastal areas of tropics. There are few reported cases of its poisoning in pediatric and in adults; we have not come across mass accidental poisoning among the agricultural farmers in literature. However, we found a group of 18 agricultural labourers affected by the poisoning of its seeds, who presented with complaints of vomiting, colicky abdominal pain, giddiness and diarrhea with in few minutes and reported to the casualty in a couple of hours. Illness was self-limiting without any complications during the entire hospital stay and follow up.

Keywords

Jatropha, Curcin, Neutrophilic Leukocytosis, Mydriasis
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Authors

S Sreedhar Reddy
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
KM Roop Kumar
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
S Sudhakar
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
G Mahesh
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
O Murugesa Bharathi
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Uday Pal Singh
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract


Jatropha curcas belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is found in the coastal areas of tropics. There are few reported cases of its poisoning in pediatric and in adults; we have not come across mass accidental poisoning among the agricultural farmers in literature. However, we found a group of 18 agricultural labourers affected by the poisoning of its seeds, who presented with complaints of vomiting, colicky abdominal pain, giddiness and diarrhea with in few minutes and reported to the casualty in a couple of hours. Illness was self-limiting without any complications during the entire hospital stay and follow up.

Keywords


Jatropha, Curcin, Neutrophilic Leukocytosis, Mydriasis

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