What Are the Signs of an Allergic Reaction to Almonds?

Almonds are a food and a Chinese medicine. If you take bitter almonds too much, you can have poisoning, which is manifested as dizziness, sudden fainting, palpitations, headaches, nausea and vomiting, convulsions, coma, cyanosis, dilated pupils, disappearance of light reaction, slow pulse, Shortness of breath or slowness. If not rescued in time, you can die from respiratory failure.

Almond poisoning

Almonds are a food and a Chinese medicine. If you take bitter almonds too much, you can have poisoning, which is manifested as dizziness, sudden fainting, palpitations, headaches, nausea and vomiting, convulsions, coma, cyanosis, dilated pupils, disappearance of light reaction, slow pulse, Shortness of breath or slowness. If not rescued in time, you can die from respiratory failure.
Western Medicine Name
Almond poisoning
Chinese Medicine Name
Almond poisoning
Affiliated Department
Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology
The main symptoms
Dizziness, palpitations, headaches, shortness of breath, vomiting, coma
Main cause
Taking bitter almonds
Contagious
Non-contagious
Disease name. Symptoms of poisoning due to excessive eating of bitter almonds. see"
The poisoned person can be rescued by taking apricot bark or apricot root decoction orally, see "
You should try to induce vomiting immediately after the poisoning is found. Chopsticks, spoons or fingers can be used to stimulate the posterior pharyngeal wall to encourage the patient to spit out poison. Those who have the condition can use 1: 1000 potassium permanganate water to let the patient drink and spit out to wash out the stomach. Residual poison; use licorice and black jujube for 120g each, or wash 3 ~ 4kg of fresh radish, smash and take the juice for internal use, or use mung bean decoction or mung bean powder. After the above treatment, the symptoms did not decrease and should be sent to the hospital for rescue as soon as possible. [2]
To prevent bitter almond poisoning, the most important thing is not to eat bitter almonds raw. In the apricot season, parents should tell their children clearly. If it is cooked or fried, it should also be controlled, otherwise poisoning may occur. The bitter and sweet almonds should be identified. The bitter almonds are bitter, flat heart-shaped, the tips are pointed, the base is blunt and thick, and the left and right sides are asymmetric. Do not eat bitter almonds as sweet almonds. [2]

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