[Sequelae of prolonged consumption of honey in excessive amounts]

A case of a 46-year patient with honey poisoning is presented. It is worth mentioning that honey eaten for a long time may produce severe pathologies. Honey in the south-eastern Poland, where the patient lives, contains not only water, sugars such as sucrose, glucose and fructose, dextrins, and nitrogen compounds but also low levels of antibiotics and sulphonamides, used as prophylaxis against honey-bee diseases, heavy metals ions, and various bacteria.