Toxin in mushroom poisoning principally affects: March 2011: (A) Liver, (B) Lung, (C) Bladder, (D) Nerves
Answer is D. 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