Title

Life-threatening haemolysis induced by henna in a Sudanese child with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Authors

Kheir, Abdelmoneim; Gaber, Israa; Gafer, Sara; Ahmed, Wisal

Abstract

The article describes the case of a six-year-old boy with previously undiagnosed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency who developed life-threatening haemolysis induced by application of henna to his skin. Topics covered include the results of the physical examination, the symptoms experienced by the Sudanese boy consistent with haemolysis due to G6PD deficiency and the life-threatening risk of henna.

Subjects

SUDAN; INBORN errors of carbohydrate metabolism; CONGENITAL hemolytic anemia; BLACK people; CELL death; DYES & dyeing; HEMOLYSIS & hemolysins; PHYSICAL diagnosis; SKIN; DIAGNOSIS

Publication

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 1, p28

ISSN

1020-3397

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.26719/2017.23.1.28