Like any other mushrooms, butter mushrooms have false counterparts that are not recommended for eating. Fortunately, modern medicine does not know of deaths caused by false oil poisoning. What’s more, with proper cleaning and proper cooking, some experienced mushroom pickers cook them on par with common edible butters. Nevertheless, false representatives of this species can pretty much harm the human body.
The first signs of poisoning with false oils
Perhaps due to inexperience or inattention to you, a false butter dish accidentally fell into the basket and was soon cooked along with edible mushrooms. What to do in case of food poisoning, and what steps should be taken to help the sick person? First you need to figure out what signs and symptoms characteristic of oil poisoning can be observed in the human body.
I must say that the first symptoms of poisoning with false oils begin to appear after 2-18 hours. Since inedible mushrooms have a gastroenterotropic effect, all symptoms of poisoning are likely to be associated with a digestive system disorder.
First of all, a person has acute pain in the abdomen and nausea, which are then supplemented by vomiting, loose and frequent stools (up to 20-25 times a day). In more rare cases, there is a significant increase in temperature and dizziness. The degree of poisoning depends on the amount eaten and on the individual characteristics of the organism itself.
Causes of false oil poisoning and first aid
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There is no need to wait until the patient has all the symptoms of oil poisoning – first aid must be provided even at the initial stage of the disease. Urgently you need to call a doctor and independently carry out a gastric lavage for the patient. Let him drink plenty of warm water with activated charcoal dissolved in it. This will help to achieve maximum cleansing of the stomach and intestines from harmful toxins. Also place a warm heating pad or water bottle on the patient’s stomach and legs to prevent circulatory problems.
The causes of poisoning with false oils can be very different. So, collected from the road or near industrial enterprises, even edible mushrooms become a real source of toxins and salts of heavy metals. The oiler hat, like a sponge, absorbs all toxic substances from the air. Therefore, if you are not sure where the mushroom was collected, then it is better to abandon the idea of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbputting it in a basket.
With proper primary and secondary processing, in many cases even false butterflies can be edible. However, it is still better to learn how to identify false butterflies.
Remembering these simple rules for collecting and processing mushrooms, “quiet hunting” will bring you only pleasure and benefit.