ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
Risks of khat chewing on the cardiovascular, nervous, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems: A narrative review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between khat chewing and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of stress and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Level of physical activity and its predictors among adult diabetic men who were on follow-up at health facilities in Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Khat consumers exposure to toxicity: Agrochemical toxicity awareness, protective practice and self-reported health ailments among khat consumers in Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use and its association with hospitalization among older adults with chronic disease in the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a multicenter prospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal mucormycosis with no classical immunosuppression and the potential for Qat leaves chewing as an unidentified risk factor: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Chronic Khat Chewing Induced High-Grade Hemorrhoidal Disease and Post-Operative Bleeding in Yemen.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
- Outcomes of Carotid Artery Stenting without Embolic Protection in Yemen: A Resource-Constrained Experience.Journal of neuroendovascular therapy · 2025Article
- Machine learning algorithms to predict khat chewing practice and its predictors among men aged 15 to 59 in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2011 and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Investigation of the relationship between red blood cell distribution width and mortality in patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a retrospective study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2023Article
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Abstract
Khat is an evergreen plant and its fresh green leaves and buds are chewed for several hours a day for its psychostimulant response. This study aimed to review the effects of khat chewing on the body. PubMed was searched for literature on the different aspects of khat chewing to summarize its effects on different body systems. The major effects of khat chewing are those on the cardiovascular system including increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, and increased risk of myocardial infarction. It causes insomnia, stress, depression, hallucination, and increased risk of brain stroke. It causes dental caries, bad oral hygiene, periodontitis, increased oral mucosal ulcers, and increased gingival bleeding and recession. Khat chewing causes loss of appetite, gastritis, constipation, and hemorrhoids, and increased risk of hepatotoxicity and liver cirrhosis. Ultimately, it causes weak micturition, decreased sperm motility and count, and low birth-weight offspring in khat chewing mothers. The published articles about khat chewing in journals indexed in the PubMed was reviewed. Inclusion criteria involved each article available with English language and have a reported new effect of khat chewing.
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