Wild mushroom poisoning in Tay Ninh: Another victim in critical condition

The rainy season is also the season for mushrooms to grow, including chicken and goose egg mushrooms. (Source: Tay Ninh Newspaper)

Regarding the case of 3 people in a family being poisoned by wild mushrooms in Tay Ninh, on the afternoon of June 8, information from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said that after the husband died, the wife was in critical condition, with a poor prognosis.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan, Deputy Head of the Department of Tropical Diseases, Cho Ray Hospital, said that on June 6, Cho Ray Hospital received 3 cases of suspected mushroom poisoning transferred from Tay Ninh, who were members of the same family.

According to the information, about 3-4 days before being hospitalized, Mr. Cao Huy H. (born in 1979) and his wife Khuu Thi Hong Tr. (born in 1979) and daughter Cao Thi Nhu Q. (born in 2006) ate mushrooms stir-fried with squash. These were mushrooms that Mr. H. picked from the forest.

8-12 hours later, 3 people had signs of stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, which became increasingly severe.

The victims were taken to a local hospital and then transferred to Cho Ray Hospital.

During the transfer, Mr. H. had difficulty breathing and respiratory failure, and was intubated and given a balloon pump. However, Mr. H. died at the Emergency Department of 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 and blood clotting disorders.

After two days of treatment, the child's condition, Cao Thi Nhu Q., has improved but liver function and blood clotting disorders must be monitored further.

Meanwhile, the wife is still in critical condition, with worsening liver dysfunction. The patient is being treated intensively with dialysis but is at risk of becoming more serious, with a poor prognosis.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan, it is still not confirmed what kind of mushroom and toxin the patients were poisoned with, and further information needs to be obtained from their families.

Doctor Thuy Ngan recommends that people be extremely careful when eating wild mushrooms because of the risk of confusion leading to poisoning.

Mushroom poisoning can affect various organ systems such as hallucinations or perceptual disturbances, kidney failure, liver dysfunction...

Symptoms of mushroom poisoning can start very quickly after eating, but can also appear after 8-12 hours. Therefore, as soon as there are unusual signs, people need to go to a medical facility immediately for diagnosis and treatment.

Previously, in some localities, many people were reported to have been poisoned after eating mushrooms growing from cicada pupae.

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