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Alternate Names : American Nightshade, Inkberry, Pigion Berry, Pokeberry

Prognosis or Expectations

Deaths have been reported. Improper cooking of leaves or eating some of the roots with the leaves can cause serious poisoning. Eating greater than 10 uncooked berries in a child can cause serious consequences.

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• Definition
• Symptoms & Signs
• Poisonous Ingredient
• Where Found
• Home Treatment
• Before Calling Emergency
• Poison Control, or a Local Emergency Number
• What to Expect at the Emergency Room
• Prognosis or Expectations

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Review Date : 1/14/2002
Reviewed By : Victoria Kennedy, RN, A.D.A.M. editorial.

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