Lang SonAfter eating rice with a red mushroom, the 37-year-old man had abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, the doctor determined mushroom poisoning.
Tests at Lang Son Provincial General Hospital showed that the patient had an electrolyte disorder, metabolic acidosis (high blood acid), acute kidney failure, and signs of liver cell damage. The doctor diagnosed the patient with mushroom poisoning - acute kidney failure, the treatment regimen with intravenous fluids, activated charcoal and electrolyte replacement.
On June 23, the patient's health was stable. He said that he bought mushrooms at the market to process and eat with rice. Based on the image of the fungus that the patient provided, the doctors determined that this was a poisonous Russula mushroom. This mushroom is similar in appearance to the red fungus – an edible mushroom, so people are easily confused.
The type of red mushroom the patient ate led to poisoning. Image: Hospital provides
This is the second patient with mushroom poisoning bought at the market, treated at the Intensive Care Unit - anti-poison, Lang Son Provincial General Hospital, in recent days. Lang Son is a mountainous province, there are many types of mushrooms in nature and it is difficult to distinguish from poisonous mushrooms.
Manifestations of mushroom poisoning after eating are abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness. Severe difficulty breathing, vomiting, diarrhea, leading to kidney failure, acute liver failure, can be fatal if not treated promptly.
White canopy mushrooms are popular in Vietnam, containing amatoxin toxin - a toxin that does not disappear when boiled or dried, causing cell destruction, leading to acute liver failure. Image: Mondo Funghi
Yesterday, 14 people in Lao Chau were also poisoned after eating strange mushrooms picked in the garden. Currently, the patients are stable, no deaths, continue to be monitored. From the beginning of June until now, the southern provinces also have many cases of mushroom poisoning, two people (in Tay Ninh) died.
Doctors recommend people to distinguish between different types of mushrooms, recognize poisonous mushrooms, and use mushrooms of clear origin. When eating poisonous mushrooms and showing symptoms of poisoning, it is necessary to go to the hospital for timely emergency treatment.
Four types of fungi that are common in Vietnam but can cause poisoning are the white canopy mushroom, the white cone mushroom, the gray-brown cap mushroom and the green-bladed white canopy mushroom. The way to distinguish is based on shape and color.
Gray-brown cap mushroom, also common in Vietnam, contains muscarin toxins that affect the nervous system, causing sweating, shortness of breath, stridor, slow pulse, coma, convulsions. Image: Wikipedia
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