2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.010
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Mad Honey Sex: Therapeutic Misadventures From an Ancient Biological Weapon

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“…Symptoms start in an acute form and rarely last for more than 24 hours. The time of emergence of symptoms was found to be 2.8±1.8 (0.5-9) hours by Gündüz et al (9) and 1±0.5 by Demircan et al (10). The time determined by us was similar to the cases presented in these studies.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
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“…Symptoms start in an acute form and rarely last for more than 24 hours. The time of emergence of symptoms was found to be 2.8±1.8 (0.5-9) hours by Gündüz et al (9) and 1±0.5 by Demircan et al (10). The time determined by us was similar to the cases presented in these studies.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…Similar to these symptoms and findings, another parameter of importance was that the majority of cases were male; many other studies where mad honey poisoning had been examined also featured older male patients, similar to our study (9)(10)(11)(12). The general age and gender distribution of cases can be explained by the fact that older male patients consumed mad honey for its healing properties as well as for sexual performance enhancing properties (10). This fact is supported by the fact that the majority of patients in our study were middleaged men.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Deli bal zehirlenmesi ülkemizde ve Nepal, Brezilya, Japonya gibi dünya ülkelerinde daha sık görül-mektedir. 6,7,8 Ülkemizde genel olarak Karadeniz bölgesin-de Rhododendron cinsi bitkilerden üretilen bu balın zehirlenme yapabilecek yüksek konsantrasyonlarda GT içerdiği bilinmektedir. 4,5,6 Bu bal Karadeniz Bölgesinde gastrointestinal sistem rahatsızlıkları, hipertansiyon, koroner kalp hastalıkları tedavisinde alternatif tedavi yöntemi olarak da kullanılmakta ve seksüel aktiviteye iyi geldiğine inanılmak-tadır.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…15 Çalışmalarda, deli bal zehirlenmesi nedeniyle takip edilen olguların ne kadar süre gözlem altında tutulacağı¬na ilişkin fikir birliği bulunmamaktadır. 8 Bir çalışmada normal kalp atım hızları ve kan basıncı değerlerinin elde edilmesinin ardından altı saat süre ile izlemin gerektiği vurgulanmıştır. 6 Olgumuzda iki kaşık bal tüketiminden yaklaşık bir saat sonra toksisite belirtilerinin başladığı görülmektedir.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…In their case, Demircan et al emphasized that the symptoms started within 0.5 to 1 hour after ingesting honey [25]. In our study, the symp- found to use it for gastrointestinal complaints, 11 patients for hypertension, one patient for diabetes and one patient for cancer prevention.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 65%