Alshoabi Sultan Abdulwadoud, Hamid Abdullgabbar M, Gameraddin Moawia B, Suliman Awadia G, Omer Awatif M, Alsultan Kamal D, Binmodied Abdul-Rub A, Alhamadi Mohammed A
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States America.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jan;11(1):32-36. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1254_21. Epub 2022 Jan 31.
Khat is an evergreen plant and its fresh green leaves and buds are chewed for several hours a day for its psychostimulant response. This study aimed to review the effects of khat chewing on the body. PubMed was searched for literature on the different aspects of khat chewing to summarize its effects on different body systems. The major effects of khat chewing are those on the cardiovascular system including increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, and increased risk of myocardial infarction. It causes insomnia, stress, depression, hallucination, and increased risk of brain stroke. It causes dental caries, bad oral hygiene, periodontitis, increased oral mucosal ulcers, and increased gingival bleeding and recession. Khat chewing causes loss of appetite, gastritis, constipation, and hemorrhoids, and increased risk of hepatotoxicity and liver cirrhosis. Ultimately, it causes weak micturition, decreased sperm motility and count, and low birth-weight offspring in khat chewing mothers. The published articles about khat chewing in journals indexed in the PubMed was reviewed. Inclusion criteria involved each article available with English language and have a reported new effect of khat chewing.
巧茶是一种常绿植物，其新鲜的绿叶和嫩芽因其具有精神兴奋作用而被人们每天咀嚼数小时。本研究旨在综述咀嚼巧茶对身体的影响。检索了PubMed上关于咀嚼巧茶不同方面的文献，以总结其对不同身体系统的影响。咀嚼巧茶的主要影响在于心血管系统，包括血压升高、心率加快以及心肌梗死风险增加。它会导致失眠、压力、抑郁、幻觉以及中风风险增加。它会引发龋齿、口腔卫生差、牙周炎、口腔黏膜溃疡增多、牙龈出血和退缩加剧。咀嚼巧茶会导致食欲不振、胃炎、便秘和痔疮，以及肝毒性和肝硬化风险增加。最终，它会导致排尿无力、精子活力和数量下降，以及咀嚼巧茶的母亲所生后代出生体重偏低。对PubMed索引期刊上发表的关于咀嚼巧茶的文章进行了综述。纳入标准包括每篇可用英文撰写且报道了咀嚼巧茶新影响的文章。
