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A Case of Carotenodermia Caused by a Diet of the Dried Seaweed Called Nori
Author(s) -
Nishimura Yurika,
Ishii Norihisa,
Sugita Yasuyuki,
Nakajima Hiroshi
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02482.x
Subject(s) - ingestion , orange (colour) , carotene , algae , food science , sun exposure , skin color , biology , zoology , medicine , botany , dermatology , endocrinology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Carotenodermia may arise from excessive dietary intake of carotene containing foods. We reported a 22‐year‐old woman who had eaten excessive amount of carotene‐rich seaweed to lose weight. Her skin color changed to orange‐yellow, and her serum β‐carotene was 573 μg/dl. After stopping the ingestion of seaweed, her skin color returned to normal.