Doctors Concerned About Deadly Canberra Mushrooms

Death cap mushrooms are lethal and many are unaware of its life threatening risks in the event of poisoning. Experts said that just one-death cap mushroom is enough to kill an adult. Doctors are a bit concerned about the manner in which people poisoned by death-cap mushrooms are treated. According to the recent issue of Medical journal of Australia, nearly 30 per cent of people treated in Australia do not survive more than seven days.

Amanita phalloides, as they are called are yellowish white mushrooms and they can be usually found in the older suburbs of Canberra among imported oak trees.

In the study, researchers evaluated treatments in cases of death cap poisoning. Treatment using the drug, silibinin, was also considered.

"Silibinin is international best practice, but there is not good evidence for its use and we have been unable to conclusively demonstrate a benefit," research-team member Dr Michael Hall

Clinical trials on antidotes will really help. If there is a possibility of other relatively unknown options, it is time to explore it.



Source-Medindia