Toxin in mushroom poisoning principally affects: March 2011
Ans. D: Nerves Toxins of mushroom (poison) are parasympathomimetic Mushroom poisoning Main sign and symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bloody vomitus and stools, enlarged tender liver and jaundice, oliguria, pulmonary edema, mental confusion, convulsions, coma Average fatal dose: 1/2 to 1 mushroom Fatal period: 3-6 days Treatment: Gastric lavage, suppoive, atropine, exchange transfusion in children, charcoal hemoperfusion in adults
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