Open AccessChinese restaurant syndrome
Author(s) -
Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar,
Pramodini Himmatrao Bawaskar,
Pramodini Himmatrao Bawaskar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.198327
Subject(s) - medicine , swallowing , saliva , traditional medicine , surgery
In India, eating Chinese food has become very popular. We hereby report a case who presented with angioneurotic edema of the uvula and the surrounding structures, after eating Chinese food, which resulted in severe difficulty in swallowing saliva and inability to speak.