No red blood cell damage and no hemolysis in G6PD-deficient subjects after ingestion of low vicine/convicine Vicia faba seeds.

TO THE EDITOR:Favism, or “favic crisis,” is a potentially life-threatening acute hemolysis elicited in carriers of low-activity glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants by ingestion of raw faba bean ( Vicia faba L) (FB) seeds.[1][1],[2][2] In 2 surveys of hemolytic crises because of