The 14-year-old girl admitted to the University Hospital of Badajoz for ingesting poisonous mushrooms “has undergone a successful liver transplant,” according to what the Extremeño Health Service told TODAY. The same sources had already indicated throughout the week that the organ had “been very affected.”
The young woman underwent surgery four days after eating specimens of amanita verna, a poisonous mushroom similar to the gurumelo, which took the minor to the Intensive Care Unit of the Badajoz hospital. At this time, “she is in the ICU and her evolution is favorable,” indicates the SES. This is a great step in the patient's evolution since until now the medical report always spoke of a “reserved prognosis.”
The details of the operation have not been revealed by the Extremadura Health Service.
The minor was not the only patient who ingested poisonous mushrooms in Extremadura this week. An elderly couple has also been admitted to the San Pedro de Alcántara hospital ward in Cáceres and has already been discharged after a favorable evolution.
This couple had been collecting mushrooms with their grandson and offered part of the collection to acquaintances, but they did not eat them.
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It must be taken into account that both the couple and the minor had ingested amanita verna, a species very similar to the gurumelo (Amanita ponderosa), which is edible and typical of the spring season, just like the poisonous Amanita verna. There are several potentially deadly poisonous species, but it depends on the dose ingested and the person who ingests them, the severity may be greater or lesser.
This spring is being very generous in mushrooms and, in general, mycologists recommend ignoring any species that you do not know perfectly before cooking it. On the other hand, if you notice symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal pain, it is recommended to go to the emergency room to start treatment as soon as possible in accordance with established protocols.
Most of the poisonings in Extremadura are due to the Amanita Phalloides, because it is collected in its egg phase, which can be confused with the Amanita Caesarea, and then the confusion of Lepiotas with small Macrolepiotas such as Macrolepiota phaeodisca.
The last fatality from eating poisonous mushrooms in the region occurred in 2013. That year, 14 people in Extremadura suffered poisoning from the consumption of poisonous mushrooms, two of them died.
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