Najafian Jamshid, Abdar-Esfahani Morteza, Arab-Momeni Morteza, Akhavan-Tabib Afshan
Assistant Professor, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Associate Professor, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
ARYA Atheroscler. 2014 Jan;10(1):55-8.
Obesity is a common health problem in both developed and developing countries. There are many unconventional therapies, including herbal medicine, to treat this condition. Some people believe that herbal medicines are safe. This case and review is about adverse complication of treating obesity with some herbal medicine.
A 19 year old male with sever obesity (120 kg) used green tea (15 cups of green tea per day) and an intensive dietary regimen to lose weight. He lost 30 kg after 2 months. At that time, one day after usual exercise he suddenly lost consciousness due to left ventricular fibrillation.
Use of herbal medicine for weight reduction is not always safe. Moreover, for some herbal medicine the risk is sufficient to shift the risk-benefit balance against the use that medicine.
肥胖在发达国家和发展中国家都是常见的健康问题。有许多非传统疗法,包括草药,用于治疗这种情况。一些人认为草药是安全的。本病例及综述是关于使用某些草药治疗肥胖的不良并发症。
一名19岁重度肥胖男性(体重120公斤)使用绿茶(每天15杯绿茶)和强化饮食方案来减肥。2个月后他体重减轻了30公斤。当时,在一次日常锻炼一天后,他因左心室颤动突然失去意识。
使用草药减肥并不总是安全的。此外,对于某些草药,其风险足以使风险 - 收益平衡不利于使用该药物。