What foods can't be eaten by people with favism?

Many friends may not have heard of favism because it is not common in life. Favism is generally a hereditary disease, and some patients will have symptoms of hemolytic anemia. There are some foods that patients with favism cannot eat, so you can learn more about them.

Favism is a very common disease in my country, with male children being more likely to suffer from it. It mainly occurs in the summer when broad beans mature, and most cases are caused by eating broad beans. Favism has an incubation period of about one day. In the early stages, patients will experience mild fever, weakness in the limbs, and abdominal pain. Severe patients will experience coma and respiratory failure. If not treated in time, their lives will be in danger.

Favism is a disease caused by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, characterized by sudden acute intravascular hemolysis after consuming fresh broad beans in the presence of hereditary glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. However, favism does not mean that all beans are inedible. It is called favism because it occurs after eating broad beans. The onset of favism is acute, and hemolysis usually occurs within 1 to 2 days after eating fresh broad beans. The shortest time is only 2 hours, and the longest time can be 9 days. Therefore, it is important to understand the foods that people with favism should not eat in order to reduce the probability of developing the disease.

1. Prohibited foods: pearl powder, honeysuckle, Sichuan lotus, bezoar, wintersweet flower, bear bile, and baby-saving pills. Remember not to eat broad beans or raw and processed broad bean products, and avoid going to broad bean fields during the flowering, fruiting or harvesting seasons.

2. Foods and drugs that may cause hemolysis are prohibited: Antimalarial drugs: primaquine, prilocaquine, pentaquinone; Sulfonamides: sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, p-aminobenzenesulfonamide, sulfacetamide; Antipyretic and analgesic: acetanilide; Sulfones: thiosulfone; Others: furanidine, furazolidone, furacillin, nalidixic acid, nitroimidazole, isocyanate, naphthalene (camphor), methylene blue, phenylhydrazine, trinitrotoluene, Chuanlian, pearl powder, broad bean; Traditional Chinese medicine: mint, camphor, naphthol, Chuanlian, bezoar powder, wintersweet flower, bear bile, Kaikoucha, Qilinsan, infant essence, Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, etc.

3. In addition to broad beans , broad bean products, such as rice noodles, broad bean powder, snacks made from broad beans, etc., should be avoided. Parents should read the ingredients carefully before buying food. Any food related to broad beans should not be eaten.