Finger Clubbing Caused by Herbal Tea
Clubbing of the fingers is often taken to be a sign of serious illness. Its discovery, particularly if there are associated symptoms in the cardiovascular, respiratory or gastrointestinal systems, usually leads to exhaustive investigation. A case is presented in which the etiology of clubbing was fo...
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| description | Clubbing of the fingers is often taken to be a sign of serious illness. Its discovery, particularly if there are associated symptoms in the cardiovascular, respiratory or gastrointestinal systems, usually leads to exhaustive investigation. A case is presented in which the etiology of clubbing was found only when a new history of heavy ingestion of herbal tea was obtained, extensive work-up having previously been unhelpful. Other cases appearing in the English-language literature are cited, some universal etiological associations are described, and an attempt is made to explain the phenomenon, based on a recent theory of the cause of clubbing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3f9722c923714b77a37b3e3aa0a8f57c2025-08-20T02:08:04ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411996-01-013426927110.1155/1996/404385Finger Clubbing Caused by Herbal TeaSaifudin Rashiq0Neil E Brown1Richard N Fedorak2Department of Anaesthesia, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaClubbing of the fingers is often taken to be a sign of serious illness. Its discovery, particularly if there are associated symptoms in the cardiovascular, respiratory or gastrointestinal systems, usually leads to exhaustive investigation. A case is presented in which the etiology of clubbing was found only when a new history of heavy ingestion of herbal tea was obtained, extensive work-up having previously been unhelpful. Other cases appearing in the English-language literature are cited, some universal etiological associations are described, and an attempt is made to explain the phenomenon, based on a recent theory of the cause of clubbing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/404385 |
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