Toxic Plant Atlas

With spring rapidly approaching, it is quite appropriate to provide a toxic plant and mushroom atlas for the primary care practitioner. There are almost 50,000 plant exposures called into Poison Information Centers annually; this accounts for approximately 7% of all calls. Most of these cases are unintentional ingestions in children under the age of 5-year old. Less than 10% of these exposures develop symptoms—gastrointestinal and dermatological (usually a contact dermatitis) accounting for approximately 80% of these symptoms.
Source: Disease a Month - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research