The case of the whole family in Tay Ninh being hospitalized after a meal: Father has passed away, mother is in critical condition, revealing a fateful meal

Regarding the case of the whole family being hospitalized with suspicion of mushroom poisoning in Tay Ninh, the husband has not survived and the wife is in critical condition due to acute liver failure and blood clotting disorder. Patients are treated actively but are at serious risk, the prognosis is difficult to survive.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan, deputy head of the Department of Tropical Diseases, Cho Ray Hospital (HCMC), 3 suspected cases of mushroom poisoning were transferred from Tay Ninh to members of a family. Patients include husband, wife and 17-year-old daughter.

It is known that about 3-4 days from the time of admission, the patient's family picked mushrooms and fried them with melon. The husband ate the most with about half of the sauteed melon, the wife and daughter ate the rest.

From 8 to 12 hours later, 3 people in turn showed signs of abdominal pain, vomiting, and loose stools, the level getting worse and worse. The patients were transferred to a local hospital and moved to Ho Chi Minh City on 6/6.

During the hospital transfer, the husband suffered from shortness of breath, respiratory failure, was intubated, and inflated the balloon. However, he died at the Emergency Department, Cho Ray Hospital. The wife and daughter were transferred to the Department of Tropical Diseases in a state of acute liver failure, very high liver enzymes accompanied by coagulation disorders.

"We suspect these symptoms are caused by poisoning after eating mushrooms. However, what mushroom poisoning and which toxins are not confirmed, need more time to exploit from the family," said Dr. Ngan. told the press.

After two days of treatment, the 17-year-old daughter improved but had to monitor her liver function and coagulation disorders further. Meanwhile, the wife is still in critical condition, liver dysfunction worsens. Patients are actively treated with dialysis but are at risk of more severe, difficult prognosis.

According to the sharing, the patient couple often picked mushrooms to eat and said that they had experience in distinguishing. However, doctors advise people to be very careful when eating wild mushrooms because of the risk of confusion leading to poisoning.

The different toxins of the fungus affect different organ systems, there may be hallucinations or disturbances of consciousness, kidney failure, liver dysfunction... Symptoms of mushroom poisoning can start very quickly right away. after eating but also after 8-12 hours. Therefore, as soon as there are abnormal signs, people need to immediately go to a medical facility for diagnosis and treatment.

Before that, a man in Binh Thuan was also transferred to Cho Ray Hospital for poisoning after eating mushrooms grown from cicada pupae.

Doctor Nguyen Thai Binh - Deputy Director of Tay Ninh Provincial General Hospital recommends that people should not use any mushrooms in the forest for food. Many cases have mistakenly eaten poisonous mushrooms and got mushroom poisoning.

Usually, cases of mushroom poisoning will have a very rapid progression, which can be life-threatening. Therefore, if people have symptoms of poisoning caused by fungi, they should immediately go to medical facilities for timely examination and treatment.

According to Mr. Thanh Tu Du, Secretary of Tan Bien District Party Committee, chicken eggs and goose eggs are wild mushrooms, but there are many types, some poisonous and non-toxic. Local people often pick this forest mushroom in the rainy season for food. However, if you are negligent, you can confuse poisonous mushrooms with non-toxic mushrooms.

In addition, non-toxic forest mushrooms can still be contaminated with toxins from other wild mushrooms or animals with toxic secretions, toxins that stick to mushrooms.

People need to be careful when using mushrooms picked from the forest to avoid poisoning.

According to statistics of the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health), in the world there are more than 10,000 types of mushrooms that have been identified, including hundreds of poisonous mushrooms. Although the mass media constantly give warnings about the risk of death caused by mushroom poisoning. But some people still keep the habit of picking wild mushrooms in the forest to eat.

The poisonous mushrooms even after being cooked at 200 degrees Celsius, the toxins are still stable and not destroyed. Therefore, to be safe, the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) recommends: People should only eat cultivated mushrooms, know for sure the type of mushroom, the origin of the fungus, and ensure that it is edible. being poisoned. Absolutely do not eat strange mushrooms, wild mushrooms including white mushrooms, mushrooms with all parts of the fruit body (such as caps, plates, stalks, stalk rings and base coats), especially those with full stalk rings. , the root cover is usually a poisonous mushroom.

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