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Star fruit can be poisonous for kidney patients Star fruit can be poisonous for kidney patients
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 8:09am (30 weeks 2 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: health] [published 30 weeks 2 days ago]
[author: amanda lee] [site: http://thestar.com.my] [source]
tags: star fruit : poison : kidney : tan si-yen : universiti malaya : tang gon seang : china : shenzhen : michael chong : mca public complaints and services department :
wikiops: amanda lee : china : health : kidney : mca public complaints and services department : michael chong : poison : shenzhen : star fruit : tan si-yen : tang gon seang : universiti malaya :

From thestar.com.my: KUALA LUMPUR: All it takes is one fruit or 100ml of its juice and the ordinarily harmless star fruit becomes poison in a matter of hours for kidney patients.

University Malaya Medical Centre consultant nephrologist Prof Dr Tan Si-Yen said this was what had happened to Tang Gon Seang in China.

The 66-year-old, who has been suffering from a kidney ailment, was in Shenzhen visiting his son when fell into a coma on March 29 after eating star fruits.

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