RESUMO
En muchos países la exposición accidental o voluntaria a sustancias tóxicas es causa frecuente de procesos patológicos agudos y crónicos, que constituyen la segunda causa de muerte, después de las enfermedades infecciosas. En reportes estadísticos predominan las intoxicaciones por psicofármacos y plaguicidas, pero existen otras como las provocadas por sustancias vegetales que también son consultas frecuentes en los servicios de urgencias...
In many countries, the accidental or intentional exposure to toxic substances is the frequent cause of acute and chronic pathological processes that represent the second cause of death after the infectious illnesses. In statistical reports, poisoning from pscyho drugs and herbicides prevail, but there are others as those caused by vegetable substances that are also commonly treated in the emergency services...
Assuntos
Datura stramonium/toxicidade , Plantas Tóxicas/toxicidadeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Plants have been used by humans since the ancient times, for eating, for clothing and for curing illnesses. The noxious effects of many medicinal plants are still ignored, mainly during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: To identify the use of medicinal plants (MP) in pregnant women in primary care medicine. METHODS: A descriptive, prospective study was carried out in 300 pregnant women from two primary care clinics. They were interviewed to identify the use of MP, the age of the pregnancy which MP were more used with and the medical indication for its use. RESULTS: The most frequent trimester of consumption of MP was the first. The most MP ingested were the Japanese mentha (Mentha arvensis), the linden (Justicia pectoralis), the verbena (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) and the anison (Piper auritum). A high prevalence of consumption of MP did not have medical indication. CONCLUSIONS: The frequent use of MP during pregnancy shows a lack of information about their risks for pregnancy. Several studies of MP showed abortive, teratogenic potential and cytotoxic properties. It is necessary to educate pregnant women to avoid self-medication with MP.
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Fitoterapia/estatística & dados numéricos , Plantas Medicinais , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
Con el objetivo de desarrollar el servicio de salud ocupacional del Centro de Toxicología y Biomedicina de Santiago de Cuba, se elaboró un documento (asesoría de riesgo laboral) a partir de la identificación de los principales riesgos laborales y los efectos tóxicos que para la salud estos poseen a corto y a largo plazos, para lo cual se efectuó una búsqueda bibliográfica exhaustiva y una valoración cuantitativa de los riesgos físicos, así como cualitativa de los riesgos químicos, lo que permite establecer una posible asociación de dichos riesgos con el resultado del estudio de salud ocupacional de los trabajadores expuestos. En el presente trabajo se muestran los aspectos informativos de este documento, la metodología de trabajo y las fuentes de información consultadas.
In order to develop the occupational health service of theToxicology and Biomedicine Center of Santiago de Cuba, a document (working risk counselling) was made starting from the identification of the main working risks and their toxic effects for health on the short and long term. To this end, there were made an exhaustive bibliographic search, a quantitative assessment of the physical risks and a qualitative evaluation of the chemical risks that allowed to establish a possible association of these risks with the result of the occupational health study conducted among the exposed workers. The informative aspects of this document, the working methodology and the consulted information sources were shown in the present paper.