Nearly all cases of houseplant exposures involving oxalate-containing plant species are managed at home in consultation with a regional poison control center. Poison control centers may be helpful with plant identification, particularly if a fax copy or digital picture of the plant can be transmitted. Analgesics ensure patient comfort, which is beneficial for patients who have sustained trauma or sustained injuries. Inhibits inflammatory reactions and pain by decreasing prostaglandin synthesis. Patients with eye involvement should follow up with an ophthalmologist.
Most patients completely recover.
Injury to the oral mucous membranes caused by the common houseplant, dieffenbachia. Observations on the idioblasts of Dieffenbachia. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. New research changes drug and treatment therapies daily. However, as medical science is constantly changing and human error is always possible , the authors, editors, and publisher or any other party involved with the publication of this text do not warrant the information in this text is accurate or complete, nor are they responsible for omissions or errors in the text or for the results of using this information.