2ND POISONING CASE SPURS WILD MUSHROOM WARNINGS.Byline: Richard Cole
Richard Cole (born January 2, 1946) was heavily involved in the rock music business from the mid-1960s to 2003, and is most famous for being the tour manager of English rock band Led Zeppelin from Assoicated Press The death of a farm worker who ate wild mushrooms, the second such poisoning case in a week, led to urgent warnings Friday by officials who implored the public to stop gathering the fungi Fungi (fŭn`jī), kingdom of heterotrophic single-celled, multinucleated, or multicellular organisms, including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. The organisms live as parasites, symbionts, or saprobes (see saprophyte). . "Unless you are an expert yourself, or have an expert assisting you, don't eat wild mushrooms," said Wade Whitfield, president of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Mushroom Council in Sacramento. He said Northern California's recent stretch of rainy and warm weather created ideal conditions for mushrooms. The latest poisoning victim was Arturo Leyba-Sanchez, 43, who died Tuesday at Petaluma Valley Hospital, a day after he was admitted with vomiting vomiting, ejection of food and other matter from the stomach through the mouth, often preceded by nausea. The process is initiated by stimulation of the vomiting center of the brain by nerve impulses from the gastrointestinal tract or other part of the body. and abdominal pains Abdominal pain can be one of the symptoms associated with transient disorders or serious disease. Making a definitive diagnosis of the cause of abdominal pain can be difficult, because many diseases can result in this symptom. Abdominal pain is a common problem. . The Sonoma County Coroner's Office suspects the Mexican farm worker ate "death cap" mushrooms, perhaps mistaking them for an edible variety. The same mushroom - technically known as Amanita phalloides Amanita phal·loi·des n. A mushroom containing toxins such as phalloidine and amanitin that cause gastroenteritis and necrosis of the liver and kidneys. - is blamed for poisoning four members of the Chang family in Orinda earlier this week. The death cap, which stops cell division, can take up to three days before rendering symptoms. |
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