Category: Poisoning

There’s a good reason why Amanita mushrooms are called “death caps.” They contain one of Nature’s most potent liver poisons. Amanitia mushrooms grow in New England, in the mid-Atlantic states, and on the West Coast from northern California to Canada. Most poisonings occur from June to October. The typical victim is a young child left unattended outdoors, or a poorly trained wild mushroom hunter. During the first day after eating death caps, you experience abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and heart rhythm disturbances. After three to five days, your liver fails, resulting in jaundice, and quite often death.

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