Abstract
A 79-year-old woman had a habit to eat a mango every night before sleep and experienced muscle cramps during sleep. Her muscle cramps may be resulted from potassium overload due to overeating mangos.
Highlights
Mangiferin is a polyphenolic compound abundant in the stem bark of Mangifera indica with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in different experimental settings [1]
Overeating of mangoes may result in excessive levels of potassium and develop hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia has been known in patients with renal failure and luxury potassium uptake
Summary
Mangiferin is a polyphenolic compound abundant in the stem bark of Mangifera indica (mango) with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in different experimental settings [1]. These experimental settings reports have attracted popular interesting and many tend to eat more mangos to prevent ischemic heart and brain diseases. Overeating mango may not be good for health. We experienced a woman developing every night muscle cramps after overeating mangos
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