揭开隐藏的风险:草药诱导的脏损伤 - 一个案例系列分析
Ashok Bhat1, Rohan Desai1, Mahesha Vankalakunti2
1Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Case reports in nephrology and dialysis
|April 25, 2025
概括
草药可以导致脏损伤,氧酸盐脏病是这项研究的一个关键发现. 早期检测和停止使用草药改善了患者的治疗结果.
科学领域:
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學.
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 综合医学是一个整体医学.
背景情况:
- 草药疗法被广泛使用,特别是在印度农村地区,以获得感知到的整体益处.
- 草药可能导致脏损伤的可能性往往被低估.
- 文化信仰有助于草药疗法的普及.
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