Authors
Mohd. Haneefa, Jinesh Veetilakathub
aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aster MIMS, Kannur, Kerala
bDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Aster MIMS, Kannur, Kerala
Abstract
A young male presented to the emergency department with difficulty in speaking due to swollen tongue and excessive thick saliva following consumption of an ornamental plant leaves kept at his house as an act of self-harm. The plant was identified to be dieffenbachia and the patient was treated with symptomatic measures.