Open AccessDevil’s trumpet poisoning: A case report
Author(s) -
Yajnesh Kidiyoor,
Shankar M Bakkannavar,
Kavitha Saravu,
Ranjit Immanuel James
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of forensic and community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-6776
pISSN - 2394-6768
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijfcm.2021.041
Subject(s) - datura , accidental , datura stramonium , weed , atropa belladonna , toxicology , medicine , biology , traditional medicine , botany , physics , acoustics
Datura is a common plant in India that grows abundantly in the wild across the country. The common names of datura plant are Jimson weed, Stinkweed, Devil’s trumpet, Mad apple and Thorn apple etc. It is considered as a deliriant poison. Very few cases of intentional poisoning with Datura are reported in the literature. But accidental poisonings are though rare but not uncommon. Hereby we present a case of 37 years old male, who got poisoned by datura accidentally, following which he developed giddiness and was brought to our hospital. The diagnosis and treatment of the datura poisoning will be discussed.