According to information from Bach Mai Hospital, the hospital recently received 3 patients from the same family transferred from Ha Giang General Hospital for emergency treatment in a state of acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning - a type of mushroom containing the toxin amatoxin.
The patient’s family said that on July 10, Mrs. BTH (in Ha Giang) went to the forest to pick mushrooms to cook for the whole family. The meal consisted of 5 people (3 adults and 2 children, ages 3 and 5).
About 12 hours after eating, the members experienced stomach pain, vomiting, and fatigue, so they were hospitalized. One child with severe poisoning died and another child with less severe poisoning was treated at Ha Giang Provincial Hospital, while three adults were transferred to the Poison Control Center, Bach Mai Hospital.
Doctor Nguyen Trung Nguyen, Director of the Poison Control Center, Bach Mai Hospital, said that the three hospitalized patients included the parents and uncle of the two children. The patients all had acute liver failure, liver enzyme levels 200 times higher than normal, blood clotting disorders, very slow pulse, affecting hemodynamics.
There were 2 patients with very severe blood clotting disorders, liver failure, high liver enzymes with kidney failure, requiring endotracheal intubation and hemofiltration.
Despite being monitored and treated intensively, the condition of these two cases improved very slowly, and then they fell into a state of hepatic coma. On the night of July 19, both patients died. As for the remaining case, patient N., his health has improved to this point.
Doctor Nguyen Trung Nguyen said that there are two types of mushroom poisoning: fast poisoning and slow poisoning. Fast poisoning occurs within 6 hours of eating and symptoms of poisoning appear such as: abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea... With the type of mushroom that causes fast poisoning, medical facilities at lower levels can still control and treat well, and patients recover quickly.
The most dangerous are mushrooms that cause slow poisoning, the most common ones today are mushrooms containing the toxin amatoxin that causes liver damage and liver failure. Symptoms appear 6-24 hours after eating. By then, the toxin has completely seeped into the body, making treatment very difficult and complicated.
Doctor Nguyen warns: People make the mistake of thinking that wild plants, leaves, and herbs are safe and harmless. However, this is not the case. There are many types of plants and mushrooms that are very poisonous. The most delicious, attractive, and harmless-looking mushrooms are the most poisonous. Therefore, people should not pick wild mushrooms to eat./.
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