Contraindications and diet for favism

Favism is a relatively serious disease. After eating broad beans, patients are prone to acute intravascular hemolysis within 1 to 2 days, which can lead to extreme anemia, pale complexion, nausea and vomiting and other symptoms. For patients, they must take medication under the guidance of a doctor and must not take medication on their own. If used improperly, it may cause greater harm. Therefore, you must understand some taboos in medication.

Contraindications for medication for favism

Patients with favism should take medication under the guidance of a doctor and should not take oxidizing drugs, such as primaquine, sulfonamides, furans, vitamins K3, K4, phenacetin, aminopyrine, sulfones and other drugs and traditional Chinese medicine pearl powder, wintersweet flowers, Chuanlian, etc.

1. The following drugs and foods are more likely to cause hemolysis and should be prohibited:

Antimalarial drugs: primaquine, primalquine, pentaquine;

Sulfonamides: sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, p-aminobenzenesulfonamide, sulfacetamide;

Antipyretic analgesic: acetanilide;

Sulfones: Thiosulfone;

Others: furantin, furazolidone, nitrofurazone, nalidixic acid, nitroimidazole, isopropylamine, naphthalene (camphor), methylene blue, phenylhydrazine, trinitrotoluene, Chuanlian, pearl powder, broad bean;

Chinese medicine: mint, camphor, naphthol, Sichuan lotus, bezoar powder, wintersweet flower, bear gall, open-mouth tea, Qilin powder, baby essence, bezoar detoxification pills, etc.

2. The following drugs may cause hemolysis, but they will not cause hemolysis at normal therapeutic doses in patients without chronic non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia:

Antimalarial drugs: chloroquine, quinine, pyrimethamine;

Sulfonamides: sulfamethazine, sulfonylcitrotosine, sulfadiazine, sulfaguanidine, long-acting sulfonamide, sulfadimethoxazole;

Antipyretic analgesics: paracetamol (trade names: Tylenol, Baifuning, children's antipyretic suppository), aspirin, phenazone, aminopyrine, antipyretic, phenylbutazone, antazoline;

Others: chloramphenicol, streptomycin, remifentanil, chlorhexidine, VitC, phenytoin sodium, para-aminobenzoic acid, diphenhydramine, colchicine, levodopa, probenecid, procainamide, antan, menadione sodium sulfite, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, chlorpheniramine, quinidine, vitamin K (menadione).

What should I pay attention to when I have favism?

The key to preventing favism is prevention, and favism examination can help reduce the occurrence of neonatal hemolytic disease. In addition, parents whose children have broad beans should also pay attention to the following points.

1. Do not eat broad beans or broad bean products. Pearl powder, honeysuckle, Sichuan lotus, bezoar, bear bile, etc. should also be avoided.

2. Avoid going to the broad bean field during the flowering, fruiting or harvesting season.

3. Avoid contact with prohibited items, such as camphor, stink pills, wintergreen oil, pigments, peppermint ointment, peace ointment, and traumatic wine.

4. Be careful with insecticide sprays. Some insecticide sprays can definitely dissolve blood, so you should be extra careful when using them.

5. It is not advisable to take oxidizing drugs, such as primaquine, sulfonamides, furans, vitamin K3, K4, phenacetin, aminopyrine, sulfones, etc.