Severe acute hepatitis associated with intake of Aloe-Vera tea

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Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Aug-Sep;31(7):436-8.

[severe acute hepatitis associated with intake of Aloe-Vera tea.][Article in

Spanish]

Curciarello J, De Ortúzar S, Borzi S, Bosia D.

Sección de Hepatología. Hospital Prof. Rodolfo Rossi. La Plata. Argentina.

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We present a 26-year-old man who developed severe acute hepatitis after

consumption of an Aloe vera tea. On admission, the patient showed characteristic

biochemical and clinical features of acute hepatitis and liver failure. The

patient reported that he had been drinking an Aloe vera tea 2-4 weeks before

symptom onset. Other causes of acute hepatitis were excluded and the patient

improved after withdrawal of the Aloe vera tea. Aloe vera should be considered

as a possible cause in cases of acute hepatitis.

PMID: 18783689 [PubMed - in process]