Allergic reaction involving liver dysfunction and disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by a health food, Proporis.

A 43-year-old woman was hospitalized with skin eruption and liver dysfunction complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) after taking Proporis, a so-called health food. Her clinical course was well correlated with discontinuation and the retaking of Proporis. No other reason for the development of DIC was detected except for allergic reaction to Proporis, as demonstrated by a patch skin test. DIC subsided after the discontinuation of Proporis and treatment with gabexate mesilate and heparin. The consumption of health foods with various ingredients is recently increasing. Thus, attention should be paid to any possible serious allergic reaction related to such foods.