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Digitalis intoxication manifests primarily with diverse gastrointestinal, cardiac, neurological, and visual toxicities.
This paper summarizes the common, uncommon, and rare gastrointestinal, cardiac, neurologic, visual, and systemic manifestations of digitalis intoxication.
SymptomsFrequency Various manifestations G-I symptoms Common Anorexia, nausea, vomiting Uncommon Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, constipation Cardiac Alteration of cardiac Development of CHF or aggravation of premanifestations contractile forces existing CHF Cardiac arrhythmias Atrial, A-V nodal, and ventricular arrhythmias and A-V block Neurologic Common Headache, fatigue, insomnia, malaise, confusion, disturbances depression, vertigo Uncommon Neuralgias (especially trigeminal), convulsions, paresthesiae, delirium, psychosis Visual Common Colour vision (usually green or yellow) with coloured halos Uncommon Blurring, shimmering vision Rare Scotomata, micropsia, macropsia, amblyopias (temporary or permanent) Rare Rare Allergic manifestations (urticaria, eosinophilia), manifestations idiosyncrasy, thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal haemorrhage and necrosis G-I, Gastro-intestinal; CHF, congestive heart failure.rare manifestations of digitalis intoxication are summarized in Table 1.
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Edward K. Chung (1972) conducted a review in Digitalis intoxication. Digitalis was evaluated. Digitalis intoxication presents with gastrointestinal, cardiac (CHF, arrhythmias, A-V block), neurologic, visual, and rare allergic or hematologic manifestations.
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