Turmeric supplements have been linked to liver damage in five people

The person is Alice Klein.

Five new cases of liver injuries that caused people's skin to turn yellow have been linked to turmeric supplements and tea. All cases were treated.

The Curcuma longa plant is also known as theTurmeric. It has become a popular supplement due to the fact that it contains a compound called curcumin, which has been shown to ease inflammation in small studies.

More than a dozen cases of turmeric-related injuries have been reported to the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the last year. There were five new incidences presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Angeline Luong presented a case of a 49-year-old woman with no underlying health issues who developed nausea and vomiting after taking a dailyTurmeric supplement for three months.

When she stopped taking the supplement, her symptoms went away. Her skin was yellow and her eyes were white. She had a serious injury to her liver.

Luong says that the woman's skin and eyes turned yellow due to her inability to process the yellow substance in her body.

Steroids and N-acetylcysteine were given to the woman to help her recover from her overdose. She was released from the hospital.

The affected were all taking the recommended dose on the supplement packaging.

According to Prisca Pungwe, a 62-year-old woman developed nausea, abdominal pain and yellow eyes after drinking a turmeric tea for three weeks. The woman was treated.

The vast majority of people who take turmeric supplements don't develop liver injuries, but certain genetics can make people more susceptible.

He says that when you take a herbal supplement it gets absorbed into your bloodstream and goes to the rest of your body in the form of bile.

Luong says that supplements are riskier than eating turmeric in food due to the fact that they often contain enhancers. Adding black pepper to supplements can increase absorption. Black pepper and turmeric are often used together in cooking, but they are within a complex mixture that limits their absorption.

As the popularity of supplements increases, so does the number of people who need to have a transplant. The US and Europe have similar trends.

It can take a long time for people to realize that a herbal supplement is the cause of the problem.

There were cases of injuries caused by non-turmeric herbal supplements. A 19-year-old man developed a range of symptoms after taking supplements containing the plant ashwagandha.

A woman who drank a herbal tea containing skullcap root, gardenia fruit andRhubarb root developed a loss of appetite, as well as dark urine, when she was 55 years old. After stopping taking the products, there were no injuries to the liver.