Ganoderma Lucidum Induced Acute Pancreatitis in The Elderly

Year 2017, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, 288 - 291, 20.12.2017

Arif Yüksel Emre Gezer Zeynep Zehra Gümüş , Özge Tuncer

https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.359861

Abstract

Ganoderma
lucidum (Lingzhi in Chinese and Reishi in Japanese) is a popular medicinal
mushroom and has been used for about 2.000 years in Chinese medicine. In the
last 30 years, this fungi has been investigated by modern pharmacologists.
Several studies showed that G. lucidum is effective in modulating immune
functions and inhibiting tumor growth. Other than these effects, G. lucidum has
also been demonstrated that it can be used in the treatment of hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, nephritis, asthma, arthritis, inflammatory
bowel diseases and many other diseases. The certain mechanism of these effects
is still unclear. So, G. lucidum is not suggested as a therapeutic agent. It is
utilized mostly as an immune enhancer and a health supplement. In these paper, we report a case with acute pancreatitis
presenting with different clinical findings.

 

Ganoderma lucidum ( Japoncada'da Reishi, Çince'de Lingzhi) popüler bir
tıbbi mantardır ve Çin tıbbında  yaklaşık
2.000 yıldır kullanılmaktadır  Son 30
yılda, bu mantarlar, modern farmakologlar tarafından incelenmiştir . Pek çok
çalışma, G. lucidum'un immün fonksiyonları düzenlediği ve tümör büyümesinin engellenmesinde
etkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu etkilerin dışında G. lucidum ayrıca
hipertansiyon, hiperlipidemi, diyabet, nefrit, astım, arterit, iltihaplı
bağırsak hastalıkları ve diğer hastalıkların tedavisinde de kullanılabilir
olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bu etkilerin belli mekanizması hala belirsizdir. Bu
nedenle, G. lucidum bir terapötik madde olarak tavsiye edilmez. Çoğunlukla, bir
bağışıklık arttırıcı ve sağlık için ek gıda olarak kullanılır. Bu olgu
sunumunda, farklı klinik bulgularla kliniğimize başvuran akut pankreatitli bir
olgu sunulmuştur.

 

Keywords

Akut pankreatit, ganoderma lucidum

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