Death from eating strange mushrooms

In the past few days, Bach Mai Hospital's Poison Control Center (Hanoi) has received many people with very serious fungal poisoning.

4 people died

Trang Thi Sang (9 years old) and Ban Van Thin (24 years old), two victims of mushroom poisoning in Cao Bo, Vi Xuyen and Ha Giang communes (Photo: N.Ha) Due to being taken to the hospital late, it should be Mr. Say had severe complications, hepatitis, kidney failure and symptoms of digestive instability. According to Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen, it is very difficult to predict the situation that the patient has been absorbed by poison from the mushroom like Mr. Say.

Three families in Dang village, Cao Bo commune, Ha Giang mushroom poisoning from February 21. Six people eat mushrooms, in which there are three severe cases in his family, Trang Van Don (30 years old, Dao people). Just 10 days later, both Don and his 13-year-old son died from the poisonous toxin from the mushroom.

Trang Thi Sang (9 years old), his daughter Don was immediately transferred to treatment at Bach Mai Hospital on March 1. Morning of 14-3 Sang was discharged. However, a neighbor of Sang, Mr. Ban Van Thin (24 years old), still had to stay in hospital for a long time due to severe kidney failure.

Do not eat strange mushrooms

Doctors The Bach Mai Hospital's Poison Control Center said that it is almost certain that these patients have eaten the black-green poisonous mushroom (Amanita phalloid scientific name).

Do not eat strange mushrooms (Photo: HTV) This mushroom has white color, round body, stout, strong growth period can reach a length of more than 10cm. Toxins of dark green fungi can be fatal within 24 hours. However, most cases show slow toxicity, after more than 12 hours of using new fungi, there is a feeling of abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting blood .

As in the case of poisoning in Ha Giang, after eating nearly a day, there are symptoms of nausea, headache . Therefore, the families are all subjective, simply thinking of drinking a lot of alcohol is being executed.

On the other hand, the evolution of cases of mushroom poisoning is complicated, making the prognosis difficult.

Dr. Nguyen Kim Son confirmed that every year the center also received fatal mushroom poisoning cases. The best preventive measure is not to eat strange mushrooms, even if it is beautiful, stout to some extent, even if you eat it at first, it is still sweet. All wild mushrooms, mushrooms of unknown origin can be potentially dangerous. lethal muscle.

NGOC HA