On June 4, information from Lang Son General Hospital said that doctors and nurses had successfully treated 4 patients with poisoning.
Accordingly, on the evening of June 3, the hospital received emergency care for 4 people in a family poisoned after eating light pink forest mushrooms.
The victims include two elderly people H.T.M and H.V.B (both 70 years old), an adult H.V.L (35 years old) and a teenager H.Q.T (15 years old). All 4 people were hospitalized with headaches, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea many times.
According to the family, at around 7pm the same day, the family ate wild mushrooms that were light pink. This mushroom has been used before without problems. However, only about 2 hours after the meal, the members began to show symptoms of poisoning.
Doctors had to wash the stomach, inject detox and give the patient sorbitol activated charcoal to absorb the poison. Thanks to being taken to the hospital early, all 4 people are out of danger and have stabilized, expected to be discharged on June 4.
According to the Doctor of the Department of Intensive Care - Anti-Poison, many types of mushrooms have similar shapes and colors, so it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. People should absolutely not pick and eat wild mushrooms that are not clearly determined to be toxic.
