Spring Diet Tips Beware of Food Poisoning

Spring is getting stronger and the weather is getting warmer, which is a good time for everyone to go out for an outing and picnic in groups of three or five. By the way, it is perfect to pick all kinds of vegetables and fruits from the wild and enjoy them at home. Recently, however, there have been many reports of poisoning due to improper diet or eating food by mistake, such as eating red heart sugarcane poisoning, eating too many Toona sinensis buds at one time, eating "garlic seedlings" by mistake and so on. Therefore, we should remind everyone not to covet delicious food, but also to raise awareness of many dangerous foods and pay attention to food safety.

Event 1: "Qingming sugarcane is more poisonous than snakes"? Don't eat this kind of sugarcane!

Description: In fact, it is not the sugarcane itself that is poisoned, but the moldy "red heart sugarcane", which contains a neurotoxin, which can make people poisoned in severe cases. According to the data released by Beijing CDC, the pathogenic microorganism in moldy sugarcane is a fungus named Arthrobacter, which can produce a strong neurotoxin, 3- nitropropionic acid, which can stimulate gastrointestinal mucosa and damage brain nerves. The consumer may have digestive tract symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. And severe convulsions, respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, etc. This can be fatal.

Tip:

Beware of eating moldy sugarcane and choose sugarcane with bright appearance and hard texture; Peel and chop as much as possible at the scene to observe whether there is mildew; Don't buy too much sugar cane at a time, buy it right away.

Event 2: The 70-year-old man in Jiulongpo District of Chongqing ate more buds, and suffered from poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea and multiple organ failure.

Description: Associate Professor xinqiao hospital Chen Feng of Army Military Medical University reminded that the protein content of Toona sinensis bud is higher than that of ordinary vegetables, and it also contains higher nitrate and nitrite. Eating 0.3 ~ 0.5g of nitrite can be toxic and 3g can be fatal. Toona sinensis buds contain more than 30 mg of nitrite per kilogram on average, and old leaves contain as much as 55 ~ 60 mg per kilogram. Such a high content is easy to cause nitrite poisoning and even induce cancer.

Tip:

Pay attention to the methods of eating Toona sinensis buds. First, don't eat too much. Second, blanch with boiling water before eating, preferably soak with clear water. This will at least remove most of the nitrite in Toona sinensis buds and greatly improve food safety.

Event 3: Three men in Xiamen accidentally ate the "garlic seedlings" in the cottage. Lycoris radiata looks like garlic sprouts, but it can't be eaten.

Interpretation: Dr. Huang Qiuming from the emergency department of Xiamen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital introduced that Lycoris radiata is a common wild weed in rural areas. Lycoris radiata before flowering looks like garlic seedlings, especially the roots, so many people often eat it by mistake. Lycoris radiata contains 10 alkaloids. Once it enters the human body, it will have a great impact on the digestive tract and nervous system. The latent time of toxic substances in human body is very short, the longest incubation period is 60 minutes, and the shortest is only 15 minutes. After eating Lycoris radiata by mistake, it will cause nausea, vomiting, salivation, stiff tongue, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea or bloody stool, convulsion, collapse, blood pressure drop, and even shock, and even death due to respiratory center paralysis. It is worth mentioning that Lycoris radiata can also be used as medicine to detoxify, but it can only be used after special processing.

Tip:

In the early stage of eating Lycoris radiata by mistake, after drinking 350 ml of strong tea, you can induce vomiting by hand and then send it to the hospital for rescue. In addition, don't eat wild things you don't know at will to avoid food poisoning.

Event 4: 4 people drink homemade thorn pears and jump "drinking crazy"? It's Datura poisoning.

Interpretation: The nephrologist of Banan District People's Hospital in Chongqing said that Datura, also known as dog walnut and Datura flower, has different names from place to place because of its variety. In addition to medicinal value, it also has insecticidal activity, bacteriostatic effect and rodent control effect. Datura stramonium seeds, fruits, leaves and flowers are all toxic, especially seeds, which can be completely absorbed by the oral cavity and gastric mucosa within 0.5~2 hours after taking them, resulting in poisoning symptoms. Because the seedlings of Datura stramonium are similar to wild vegetables and spinach, they are easy to eat by mistake; Because its flowers are like horns, children are easily poisoned when they eat them; The seeds of Datura stramonium are similar to black sesame seeds, and some people will mistakenly think that it is black sesame seeds or black sesame seeds soaked in medicinal liquor that cause poisoning. Datura stramonium seed is the most toxic, and its fruit is very similar to that of wild Rosa roxburghii. The clinical manifestations of poisoning after ingestion are similar to atropine poisoning. In severe cases, delirium and mania can lead to coma, blood pressure drop, respiratory failure and even death due to respiratory failure.

Tip:

Don't eat unknown wild fruits. Once you eat poisonous wild fruit by mistake, you can press the root of your tongue with chopsticks or spoon to induce vomiting, and then take warm water orally repeatedly to induce vomiting until all the poisons in your stomach are spit out, which can prevent more toxins from entering your body, and you can also take the eaten wild fruit to the hospital as soon as possible.

Event 5: More than 30 people were poisoned by picking wild vegetables and going home to eat Guangxi Xingye.

Commentary: Villagers surnamed Yang in Shuitian Village, Beishi Town, Xingye County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are concentrating on offering sacrifices to their ancestors. They ate wild vegetables picked from the mountains for dinner, and more than 30 people had symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness and fatigue. The local CDC issued a risk warning to remind the public to beware of plant food poisoning caused by eating wild vegetables, wild fruits and poisonous mushrooms.

Tip:

When eating wild vegetables, you should at least know whether the wild vegetables you eat are poisonous or not. Don't blindly eat wild vegetables that you don't know or can't distinguish. In particular, wild vegetables grown on the roadside are easily polluted by automobile exhaust and domestic sewage and are not suitable for eating. In addition to identification, wild vegetables also need attention in cooking methods. Soak in water before eating, and then eat after soaking in water.

Event 6: An old man in Qingdao was poisoned by eating wild mushrooms.

Interpretation: Poisonous mushroom poisoning is the highest mortality factor in food-borne diseases in China, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of deaths. There are many kinds of poisonous mushrooms in Qingdao, such as 10, and symptoms such as wheezing, general numbness, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting appear within a short time after eating. The toxins contained in poisonous mushrooms are very complex and cannot be eliminated by cooking or drying. Its pathogenic causes are also the most complicated, including liver and kidney damage, neuropsychiatric, hemolytic and gastrointestinal toxicity, which can cause organ damage and threaten life safety in severe cases.

Tip:

Do not pick, eat or sell wild mushrooms.

Event 7: A 2-year-old boy once became a vegetable because he ate a snail.

Commentary: This snail is a common variety of coastal snails, also known as white snail, wheat snail, conch and cuttlefish snail. Snails are forbidden to eat because they contain more toxic substances-"tetrodotoxin", including tetrodotoxin, tetrodotoxin, tetrodotoxin and tetrodotoxin. Among them, tetrodotoxin is the most toxic, which is 0/000 times stronger than sodium cyanide, and about 0.5 mg will cause death. Moreover, tetrodotoxin is a non-protein toxin with very stable properties. The general heating methods such as frying, stewing and stewing will not destroy the toxin. On the contrary, in general, tetrodotoxin binds to protein in organisms. After high-temperature cooking, protein is destroyed, but toxins are released. So far, there is no specific medicine to treat and detoxify snail poisoning.

Tip:

If poisoning occurs after eating snail by mistake, the early symptoms are numbness of tongue, lips and fingertips, drooping eyelids, followed by nausea and vomiting, stomach discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other digestive tract symptoms. In more serious cases, slurred speech, paralysis, hoarseness, dyspnea, unconsciousness, suffocation and even death (respiratory and circulatory system failure) may occur. Therefore, once poisoning occurs after eating snails, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

abstract

The analysis of the incident found that the causes of food poisoning mainly include three categories. First, there is nothing wrong with the food itself, but if it goes bad or is eaten improperly, it will become a "drug". For example, sugar cane is sweet and juicy, but we should pay attention to mildew, and moldy sugar cane will "transform" into drama medicine; Toona sinensis buds are edible, but pay attention to the consumption and cooking methods when eating. The second is eating by mistake. For example, "Lycoris radiata is mistaken for garlic seedlings" and "Datura stramonium is mistaken for Rosa roxburghii", which are similar in appearance and difficult to distinguish, leading to accidental poisoning. Third, the hazards of wild vegetables, wild mushrooms and snails are not well understood.

In recent years, every spring when everything recovers, potherb digging can be seen in roadside, parks and other open spaces. Everyone regards digging wild vegetables as a kind of fun, even a good way to enjoy spring. With the improvement of living standards, people are increasingly pursuing "wild" and "natural products". As we all know, wild vegetables or wild fruits are very dangerous. Moreover, some poisonous plants are very similar to our common vegetables and fruits, which are easy to be confused and have serious consequences after eating by mistake. And wild vegetables are not green and pollution-free. Car exhaust on the road and spraying pesticides in the park to avoid pests may pollute wild vegetables. Although the game is beautiful, it may also swallow the "bitter fruit".

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