An Unusual Clinical Case of Bradycardia and Confusion: Mad-Honey Intoxication by Grayanotoxin

The toxication by mad honey is a special toxication as a result of resuming of honey produced by pollen and nectars founding in the flowers and leaves of rhododendron pontic. It is commonly seen especially in Black-Sea and South-East regions of Turkey, due to use of mad money as an alternative treatment. However, there is not such a case reported in Kadirli region by literature. In this study, we reported a 55-years-old patient, applying to our emergency department, with the complaints of vertigo, nausea-vomiting, feeling of fainting, dyspepsia and headache. Bradycardia and hypotension observed by first fast examination of the patient. We acknowledged that he had ate three tablespoons of mad-tasted-honey at the early-morning. In the case report, we aimed to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of mad-honey intoxication in the lightening of current literature, never seen in Kadirli region of Turkey before