Asthma from psyllium in laxative manufacture.

Annals of Internal Medicine
W W Busse, W F Schoenwetter

Abstract

Symptoms of asthma developed in three patients after exposure to psyllium powder, which was being used in the manufacture of a bulk laxative. All three had reaginic skin test sensitivity, and two had positive bronchial challenges with a psyllium extract.

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