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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following henna ingestion |
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Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
Department of Pediatrics, Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
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| Date of Web Publication | 9-May-2014 |
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How to cite this article:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following henna ingestion. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2014;25:669 |
How to cite this URL:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following henna ingestion. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2014 [cited 2021 Feb 25];25:669. Available from: https://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2014/25/3/669/132233 |
To the Editor,
This is with reference to the paper entitled acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following henna ingestion published recently in the Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. [1] Surprisingly, the authors did not include reticulocyte count and blood film in the panel of laboratory investigations of their reported patient who presented with jaundice and pallor that rapidly progressed to acute renal failure after ingestion of henna. I presume that the clinical picture and laboratory data of the studied patient suggested a hemolytic crisis. Accordingly, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency ought to be seriously considered. My assumption is additionally supported by the following two points: (a) Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone), which is the active ingredient of henna, can induce hemolysis in G6PD-deficient patients after cutaneous exposure or ingestion [2] and (b) G6PD is common in Saudi Arabia, and a sizeable number of patients present with hemolytic episodes. The hemolytic crisis, however, is not always related to the intake of fava beans. [3] Therefore, as a part of regular follow-up, G6PD enzyme essay should be performed on the reported patient three to four months after full clinical and biochemical recovery to exclude G6PD deficiency.
Conflict of Interest: None
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| 1. | Qurashi HE, Qumqumji AA, Zacharia Y. Acute renal failure and intravascular hemolysis following henna ingestion. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2013;24:553-6. 
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| 2. | Perinet I, Lioson E, Tichadou L, Glaizal M, de Haro L. Hemolytic anemia after voluntary ingestion of henna (Lawsonia inermis) decoction by a young girl with G6PD deficiency. Med Trop (Mars) 2011;71:292-4.
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| 3. | Gandapur AS, Qureshi F, Mustafa G, Baksh S, Ramzan M, Khan MA. Frequency of glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and related hemolytic anemia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2002; 14:24-6.
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Correspondence Address:
Prof. Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
Department of Pediatrics, Al-Kindy College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad
Iraq
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.132233 PMID: 24821175 
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