Not exact matches
One of the worst offenders — chocolate — contains large amounts of methylxanthines, which, if ingested in significant amounts, can cause vomiting, diarrhea, panting, excessive thirst, urination, hyperactivity, and in severe
cases,
abnormal heart rhythm, tremors and seizures.
In severe or acute
cases, there is often respiratory distress, an
abnormal heart rhythm, muffled
heart and lung sounds and other signs of systemic shock.
His main interest in clinical cardiology was initially in arrhythmias (
abnormal heart rhythms), but over the years, he has developed a particular interests in the management of mitral valve disease, refractory or complicated
cases of
heart failure, feline cardiomyopathies and interventional cardiology.
In severe
cases the
heart enlargement can cause
abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) that lead to sudden death.
If ingested in significant amounts, chocolate can potentially produce effects ranging from vomiting and diarrhea to panting, excessive thirst and urination, hyperactivity,
abnormal heart rhythms, tremors, seizures and even death in severe
cases.