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Oleander poisoning


Oleander poisoning occurs when someone sucks nectar from the flowers or chews leaves from the oleander or yellow oleander plant. Poisoning can also happen if you eat honey made by bees that used the oleander plant for nectar.

Where Found

All parts of the oleander plant:

    * Flowers
    * Leaves
    * Stems
    * Twigs

Symptoms

    * Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
          o Blurred vision
          o Vision disturbances, including halos
    * Gastrointestinal
          o Diarrhea
          o Loss of appetite
          o Nausea
          o Stomach pain
          o Vomiting
    * Heart and blood
          o Irregular or slow heartbeat
          o Low blood pressure
          o Weakness
    * Nervous system
          o Confusion
          o Death
          o Depression
          o Disorientation
          o Dizziness
          o Drowsiness
          o Fainting
          o Headache
          o Lethargy
    * Skin
          o Hives
          o Rash

Note: Depression, loss of appetite, and halos are usually only seen in chronic overdose cases.


More at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002884.htm

Oi humot raba ning adelfa ug buwak. Ganahan ko ani nga tanaman sa atua ayo kay wa ko mahilo sa una permi raba ko manguha ani maoy ibutang sa simbahan.

Basta di lang matulon di man tingali ni makahilo, Raqz. Naa man gani moingon nga tambal kuno ni sa bun-i...

When my husband's nephews were young I cut them because there was a local news at that time that teenagers smoke them to get high.Not advisable to burn them plants.Although these flowers attracts armyworms,I have them in my yard now.Beautiful flowers.

like any good and beautiful thing, too much can be poisonous.