Case Report of Presumed (In)voluntary Capsaicin Intoxication Mimicking an Acute Abdomen
Joint Authors
Peetz, Dirk
Koprdova, Simona
Schürmann, Christine
Dürbye, Thomas
Kolligs, Frank
Koop, Herbert
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-06-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
The clinical features of a presumed capsaicin intoxication have not been reported so far.
Case Presentation.
A 27-year-old man took part in a qualifying for a competition in spicy food tolerance.
During this qualifying, he swallowed 4 chili peppers type Bhut jolokia (about 1 million Scoville units) and other extremely spicy foods; the total amount of capsaicin ingested (roughly calculated retrospectively) accounted for at least 600 mg.
After 2½ hours, the patient developed severe abdominal pain, which led to hospital admission.
In contrast to the severe symptoms, clinical, laboratory, and imaging examinations (ultrasound and plain X-ray of the abdomen) did not reveal any significant abnormalities.
Treatment with analgesics resulted in complete regression of the abdominal pain within 30 hours.
Conclusions.
The clinical picture in the view of pharmacological investigations on intestinal capsaicin infusions suggests that excessive doses of capsaicin can induce severe abdominal pain; the prolonged symptoms were probably due to the failure to vomit.
Thus, a capsaicin intoxication must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Koprdova, Simona& Schürmann, Christine& Peetz, Dirk& Dürbye, Thomas& Kolligs, Frank& Koop, Herbert. 2020. Case Report of Presumed (In)voluntary Capsaicin Intoxication Mimicking an Acute Abdomen. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148441
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Koprdova, Simona…[et al.]. Case Report of Presumed (In)voluntary Capsaicin Intoxication Mimicking an Acute Abdomen. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Koprdova, Simona& Schürmann, Christine& Peetz, Dirk& Dürbye, Thomas& Kolligs, Frank& Koop, Herbert. Case Report of Presumed (In)voluntary Capsaicin Intoxication Mimicking an Acute Abdomen. Case Reports in Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148441
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148441