Castor bean rind fragments are commonly found in castor bean stools

Introduction Castor bean, commonly known as cannabis, is the fruit of ramie and is an oil crop. The ramie whole plant is toxic, and its toxic components are ricin and ricinine. 2 mg of ricin and 0.16 g of ricin can cause death in adults. Children can take 3 to 5 castor can kill. Ricin and ricin can be destroyed and detoxified after heating. Castor bean toxin is a kind of cell protoplasmic poison, which can damage the liver, kidney and other parenchymal organs, and has the function of agglutinating and dissolving red blood cells, and can also paralyze the respiratory and vascular movement centers. More symptoms occur 3 to 24 hours after eating, initially with a burning sensation in the throat and esophagus, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, common ramie rind debris, bloody stool, with oliguria, no urine, hemoglobin Urine, severe cases of jaundice, anemia, severe headache, convulsions, coma, blood pressure, resulting in death.

Cause

Castor poisoning often occurs in children, mainly due to poisoning after eating castor. The toxic substances are ricinine and ricin. Children can be killed by ingesting 3 to 5 castor beans.

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More symptoms occur 3 to 24 hours after eating, initially with a burning sensation in the throat and esophagus, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, common ramie rind debris, bloody stool, with oliguria, no urine, hemoglobin Urine, severe cases of jaundice, anemia, severe headache, convulsions, coma, blood pressure, resulting in death.

Differential diagnosis

It is mainly differentiated from seed food poisoning that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms.

More symptoms occur 3 to 24 hours after eating, initially with a burning sensation in the throat and esophagus, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, common ramie rind debris, bloody stool, with oliguria, no urine, hemoglobin Urine, severe cases of jaundice, anemia, severe headache, convulsions, coma, blood pressure, resulting in death.

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