Zeitschrift für Infektionskrankheiten und Therapie

Abstrakt

Khat Intertwined Liver Damage

Omkolsoum M Alhaddad, Maha M Elsabaawy and Imam A Waked

Herb-induced medical illnesses including hepatotoxicity has now become a global medical and pharmacological issue. Although perceived as safe, many consequences had been associated with chronic Khat consumption. The association between the consumption of the plant Catha edulis (Khat) and acute liver injury, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis had evidently occupied the literature. Khat induced hepatotoxicity has been recently asserted by reports of khat-induced hepatic venous thrombosis. Still remaining in the shadow is the natural history of Khat related liver damage.