Increasingly popular CAM leads to anaphylaxis: case
Melbourne doctors are reporting the first case of anaphylaxis from the green microalga Chlorella vulgaris
An elderly man has suffered the first recorded case of anaphylaxis from Chlorella vulgaris, a supplement increasingly being used for a range of medical conditions, Melbourne doctors report.
The 75-year-old man’s problems started when he ingested powdered C. vulgaris, a microalga, which he normally fed to his pigeons to prepare them for racing, write doctors from the general medicine department at Northern Health.