creators_name: Adeleke, SI creators_id: adelekesolo@yahoo.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:37:59 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:30 metadata_visibility: show title: Food poisoning due to yam flour consumption in Kano (Northwest) Nigeria ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Food poisoning, Yam flour, Kano abstract: Food poisoning is known to occur sporadically from time to time due to poor hygienic preparations. Its occurrence rarely assumes epidemic proportion. The objective was to report the occurrence of food poisoning due to yam flour among three families which occurred almost in quick succession between March and July 2007 among three families in Kano. They presented with diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, convulsion and loss of consciousness. They all recovered within 48hours of admission. Investigations indicated that the use of certain lethal preservatives for the processing of the yam flour might be responsible. Poisoning from consumption of yam flour should be a differential diagnosis of acute seizure disorders or occurrence of vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain in the tropics. It is recommended that education on proper processing of all food products in view of the public health implication date: 2009-09-08 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 8 number: 2 publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Watt AW. Yams: Dioscorea species. Field crop 2003;35:792–815. 2. Food and Agricultural organization. Annual production book. 2004;108–115. 3. Babalola M, Oyenuga VA. Value of yam Dioscorea speiceis. In Nigerian food and feeding stuffs. Ibadan, University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria 2001. P 110–114. 4. Adedoyin OT, Ojuawo A, Adesiyun OO, Mark F, Anigilaje EA. Poisoning due to yam flour consumption in five families in Ilorin, central Nigeria. West Afr Med J 2008;27(1):41–43. 5. Davey PM, Elcoate S, Moisture content, relative humidity equilbra of tropical stored products. Int J Crop Prod 1995;104:1108–1115. 6. Udoh JM, Cardwell JF, Ikotun T. storage structures and aflatoxin content of maize in five agro-ecological zones of Nigeria. J stored Prod Res 2000;36:187–201. 7. Adebayo LO, Idowu OO. Mycoflora and aflotoxin in a West Africa agro-products. J stored Prod Res 2005:41;4387–401. 8. Bara V, Laburnum M. In Paediatric toxicology Handbook for poisoning in children. In emergency Toxicology 2nd ed, Saunders, Philadephia, 1997. P 1067–1079. 9. Kumkel DB, Spoerke DG, Evaluating exposures to plants. Emrg Med Clin North Am 1984;2(1):133–144. citation: Adeleke, SI (2009) Food poisoning due to yam flour consumption in Kano (Northwest) Nigeria. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6676/1/2009-2-10.pdf