On July 18, information from Lao Cai General Hospital No. 2 said that a poisoning incident had just occurred in the area, leading to death, suspected to be due to eating bamboo rat droppings.
Accordingly, on July 9, Mr. L.V.C, a Nung ethnic group in Coc Chu village, Muong Khuong commune, had lunch with his wife, Mrs. Po Thi Nhon, with dishes: salted grated banh mi, stir-fried chicken, cucumber, rice, white rice wine. As for the roasted bamboo rat disease, only Mr. L.V.C eats it with about 20 fish.
According to Mrs. Po Thi Nhon, the family had never brought back pigs from the sea to eat. However, when he saw this plant suck up pumpkin biphilia, Mr. L.V.C thought it was worth eating, so he took it home to roast salt.
After eating, for more than 1 hour, Mr. L.V.C felt abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and difficulty breathing, chest pain.
At around 3:00 p.m. the same day, Mr. L.V.C was taken to Muong Khuong Regional General Hospital in a state of anaphylactic shock due to side effects of food.
Two days later, Mr. L.V.C was transferred to the Emergency Resuscitation and Stroke Center, Lao Cai General Hospital No. 2, but did not survive.
According to doctors, the real land rumors are a hard-working insect that contains Cartharidin - a very toxic substance that destroys and kills proteins. Wherever this substance goes, it will damage the protein, while protein is a substance that makes up the human body.
The first manifestations of Cartharidin poisoning are related to the digestive tract such as nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, flatulence, diarrhea... Then there are manifestations such as urination, urinary difficulty, bloody urine...
Patients with Cartharidin poisoning need to be given timely emergency care, otherwise the risk of complications will be very serious. The mortality rate from this poison is also very high.
In May 2025, Lao Cai province also recorded 1 case of emergency hospitalization due to venom venom and enteritis causing kidney failure and peritoneal abscesses.
Doctors recommend that people should not catch, process and eat insects, especially foreign insects, to minimize the risk of poisoning caused by natural toxins.
