During the peak season of wild mushroom market in Yunnan, more and more people are suffering from mushroom poisoning due to consuming improperly cooked wild mushrooms. Recently, a doctor from Yunnan University Affiliated Hospital was poisoned after eating improperly cooked wild mushrooms called “Jianshouqing”, experiencing symptoms like hallucination, vomiting, and eventually falling into a coma for two days.
According to a report from “Hangzhou Daily” on June 6, there has been a continuous stream of people being rushed to the Yunnan University Affiliated Hospital for treatment of wild mushroom poisoning, including the head physician of the General Surgery Department, Zhang Wanfu.
The report mentioned that Zhang Wanfu has a passion for eating wild mushrooms, specifically the “Jianshouqing” variety. After the first batch of new mushrooms hit the market this year, he purchased and cooked them at home. However, due to slicing the mushrooms too thick, insufficient cooking time, and consuming leftover mushrooms that were not fully reheated, Zhang Wanfu quickly experienced symptoms such as swollen tongue, slurred speech, frequent burping, “seeing little people” hallucinations, nausea, vomiting, and eventually fell into a two-day coma.
Zhang Wanfu stated that this is the third consecutive year his family has suffered mushroom poisoning: his daughter was poisoned two years ago, he and his wife were poisoned last year, and this year the entire family was affected.
“Shanxi Evening News” also reported a similar incident. A man named Xue, originally from Jiangsu but living in Kunming for many years, was poisoned after consuming leftover “Jianshouqing”. Before the incident, he had cooked two pots of “Jianshouqing”, consuming one of them on the same day and refrigerating the other. The next day, he reheated the remaining “Jianshouqing” as a side dish with alcohol, leading to poisoning symptoms.
After being poisoned, Xue experienced confusion and severe hallucinations, climbing out of the 27th-floor window and attempting to climb down the outer wall using a water pipe. Luckily, a neighbor from the 26th floor noticed in time and pulled him back inside, preventing a potential disaster. Xue was promptly sent to the hospital for treatment, and his condition has since stabilized.
Doctors explained that the main reasons for wild mushroom poisoning include improper cooking, undercooking, and consuming reheated mushrooms from the previous day. Poisoning symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, mental confusion, and hallucinations.