Recently, Hunan has a lot of rain and wild mushrooms are growing strongly. A number of poisoning incidents caused by people mistakenly eating wild mushroom from their own harvest have been reported across the country, involving 20 people. Among them:

On March 19, Linwu County, Zhongzhou reported that two people developed dizziness, fatigue, vomiting and other symptoms after eating wild mushrooms, suspected of goose paste poisoning.

On March 20, two 12-year-old girls in Ningxiang city, Changsha, pick up crystal-shaped wild mushrooms while they were on their evening study trip. One person only licked a bite, the other tried a bite and vomited. Ten minutes later, both developed symptoms of nausea and dizziness. They were then taken to the Provincial Children's Hospital ICU for emergency treatment. The hospital initially diagnosed liver-damaged mushroom poisoning.

The Provincial Food Safety Office, the Provincial Health Commission, and the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned: For the safety of your life and your family, please do not eat wild mushrooms!

In the event of poisoning of wild mushrooms by mistake, go to the hospital immediately. Never delay the 24-hour prime time for treatment!

Food production and operation units (including wholesale markets) and individuals are strictly prohibited from processing and selling wild mushrooms of unknown origin, and those who cause casualties will be held legally responsible!

Common Sense in Preventing Wild Mushroom Poisoning

These "dead mushrooms" are good at disguise: gray-patterned goose paste is clad in a grey-brown coat and is low-key and plain. The cracked goose paste is covered with a light-colored fungus cover and is not very noticeable. They have abandoned the stereotype that bright mushrooms are toxic, and wrapped the most deadly killers in the most mundane appearance.

01 The Death Mask: The True Face of Evil and Evil

Grey-patterned goose paste and cracked goose cream, these "highly toxic twins" are becoming the number one killer of mushroom poisoning in Hunan.

Grey-patterned goose paste is the "death champion" - it has been the most poisoned and killed mushroom in the province in recent years. The bacterial cover is grey to dark grey, with dark filament-like patterns on the surface, like camouflaged killers.

Cracked goose paste is just as deadly. It is widely distributed throughout the province and has an incubation period of more than six hours after poisoning. The greater the amount of food consumed, the lower the chances of rescue.

Both use a "triple disguise":

- "wear a hat": a fungus cover covers the top

- "Skirting": The middle section of the fungus handle has a fungus ring

- "Putting on a boot": enlarged microbial pods on the base

These characteristics are supposed to be warning signs, but they have become difficult to recognize in the natural environment due to the weather. What's more, the highly toxic goose paste is often mixed with edible mushrooms.In recent years, numerous cases of poisoning have occurred in various parts of our province, all resulting from the inadvertent collection of the highly toxic grey-patterned Amanita muscaria. This species is akin to the edible grass-colored Amanita muscaria, known as the “twin brother.”

02 Dead Trap: The Death Game of the Fake Healing

The highly poisonous goose paste kills people with a highly devious method, using a four-step method of "boiling frogs in warm water."

The lethal dose of amanita was 0.1 mg / kg body weight. A medium-sized subentity is enough to poison an adult. After poisoning, toxins perform a "death tetralogy" in the human body:

- The incubation period (6-12 hours): After consumption, the surface is calm and calm, and the patient is not unwell.

- Period of gastroenteritis (6-48 hours): sudden nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain and "cholera-type" diarrhoea.

- The false cure period (48-72 hours): the symptoms miraculously disappear and the patient thinks he is recovering.

- Period of visceral damage (72-96 hours): the condition goes down sharply and liver and kidney failure occurs.

"False cure is the most dangerous trap." An emergency doctor pointed out,“At this time, patients often give up treatment, and the toxin is destroying liver and kidney cells in a frenzied way. When abdominal pain and bloody bowel movements return, the best time for treatment is often missed.”

People who are poisoned with cracked goose paste also experience a "back-to-the-light" improvement, followed by rapid blood and urine, mental malaise, and severe liver and kidney impairment. Those who are poisoned are particularly dangerous when they eat large amounts of food and eventually die from multiple organ failure.

03 Cognitive Misconceptions: These Drug Detection Methods Are Scams

In the face of highly toxic mushrooms, the popular methods of poison identification often become deadly traps:

- "Is it poisonous to have bright colors?" Wrong! Gray patterned goose ointment is a common color but the number one killer!

- "When mushrooms are cooked with garlic, ginger, rice, and onions, the liquid turns black and is toxic, while the color remains unchanged is not toxic?" Wrong! Mushroom toxins cannot chemically react with silver, etc., and thus cannot produce color changes. For example, a cyanotoxin cannot cause a color reaction.

- "Toxic with discharge or injury that changes color?" Wrong! Fruity mushrooms secrete milk when they are injured but can be eaten.

- "The same mushrooms in the same place. Can I eat them this year, too?" Wrong! There have been cases of edible white goose paste, highly poisonous European goose paste and pale red goose paste being collected at the same location.

"Even professionals need to use specialized equipment to accurately identify," Hunan disease control experts stressed that highly toxic goose paste and edible bacteria often grow in the same season and in the same environment, and their appearance is extremely similar.

The Speed of Life and Death: The Law of Life After Eating Mistakes

When you mistake a highly toxic goose paste, every minute is a matter of life or death:

　　1.Call 120 immediately to give an accurate explaination of wild mushroom consumption history;

　　2.Retain samples of poisonous mushrooms or take clear photographs to provide a key diagnostic basis for doctors;

　　3.Exhale immediately when awake: fill your intestines with warm salty or soapy water to help detoxify;

　　4.Supplementing salt and sugar water: preventing dehydration shock;

　　5.Forcibly irrigating people in coma is strictly forbidden: avoid asphyxia.

At present, there are no effective detoxification drugs, and comprehensive treatment is used in clinical settings:

- Early stage: Oral adsorption of toxins from activated charcoal, intravenous injection of water tofexidine;

- Blood purification: blood drainage, plasma replacement to remove blood toxins;

- Treatment of liver injury: artificial liver support, which requires liver transplantation in severe cases.

05 The Ultimate Line of Defense: Prevention Is the King of Life!

In the face of highly toxic goose paste, there is only one basic law of survival:

Don't pick! Do not buy or sell! Do not eat it!

Special warning:

- The elderly and children are the most common victims of poisoning, accounting for nearly 80%.

- June to September is the peak growth period of highly toxic goose paste, and it is especially important to be vigilant after rain.

- The use of wild bacteria in canteens, restaurants and rural banquets is strictly prohibited.

"The nutritional value of wild mushrooms is no more important than life." A disease control expert involved in the investigation of several poisoning incidents said sadly,“So-called 'experienced' older farmers are often among the most highly exposed to poisoning. Once a highly toxic goose paste is misharvested, it may be the happiness of the entire family.”

There are thousands of wild bacteria, the first safe one. I advise you not to choose, and my loved ones tear in tears.