For those of you who have a healthy kidney, may consume this fruit as much as you like. But, do not try for those who have impaired kidney function.
For people with kidney disease to consume star fruit in excess can lead to poisoning. Symptoms range from hiccups, vomiting, impaired consciousness, decreased muscle strength, numbness of the limbs, insomnia, convulsions to death, although rare.
Star fruit poisoning is suspected because of the high oxalic acid content. In people with kidney disease, oxalic acid will accumulate aka not wasted with urine. So the concentration is higher to cause poisoning.
But other studies deny it, because eating foods rich in oxalic acid like spinach, does not show the same symptoms. So concluded the poisoning is caused by substances that have not been known.
Treatment due to star fruit poisoning can be cured by dialysis method and hemodialysis or dialysis. In severe symptoms, such as loss of consciousness, dialysis methods do not show any significant effect. Healing should be done by hemodialysis.
Patients suffering severe poisoning and hemodialysis can be completely cured. No longer showing symptoms of poisoning. But in untreated patients it can lead to death.
