Asthma from Psyllium in Laxative Manufacture
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 83 (3) , 361-362
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-83-3-361
Abstract
Symptoms of asthma developed in three patients after exposure to psyllium powder, which was being used in the manufacture of a bulk laxative. All three had reaginic skin test sensitivity, and two had positive bronchial challenges with a psyllium extract.Keywords
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