Father and son in Quy Chau had to be hospitalized after mistakenly eating toad eggs
(Baonghean.vn) - Mistaking toad eggs for frog eggs and bringing them home to eat, a father and his three children in Chau Phong commune were severely poisoned.
According to information from the Chau Phong commune government, Quy Chau district, an incident has just occurred in the area.poisoningFood poisoning caused three people to be hospitalized.
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A patient poisoned by toad eggs is being treated at Quy Chau District Medical Center. Photo: Quy Chau District Medical Center |
Accordingly, on the morning of October 19, Mr. Lu Van Thai (47 years old) went to the field, saw a bag of yellow eggs and mistook them for frog eggs, so he brought them home to cook for breakfast with his children.
After eating, at around 9am the same day, Mr. Thai and his two children had stomachaches and vomited. Relatives and neighbors took the three father and children to the commune health station, then transferred them to the Quy Chau District Health Center for treatment.
It is known that all 3 father and sons of Mr. Lu Van Thai, who are permanent residents of Chau Hoan commune, have just moved to live with relatives in Lim village, Chau Phong commune. Their family circumstances are very difficult... At the time of admission, all 3 father and sons had severe headaches, dizziness, and vomiting. Quy Chau District Medical Center urgently provided emergency care and treatment for the patients.
On the morning of October 20, Dr. Lo Thanh Quy - Deputy Director of Quy Chau District Medical Center said: The patients were hospitalized in critical condition.poisoningsevere. Patient Lu Van Thai has signs of acute kidney failure, is currently conscious but is still vomiting a lot. The other two patients have basically recovered but still need further treatment and monitoring.
Toads belong to the Bufonidae family, and are common in Vietnam as the Bufomelanosticus species. Under the rough skin of toads, there are many glands containing very strong venom (bufotoxin). Toad livers and eggs also contain a lot of bufotoxin. Bufotoxin causes heart rhythm disturbances, inhibits heart rhythm causing cardiac arrest, inhibits respiration causing respiratory arrest. It also causes kidney damage, acute kidney failure, acute tubular nephritis, and nervous disorders causing hallucinations. When eating toad poison, a few hours later the victim feels dizzy, pain in the fingertips and toes, followed by prolonged severe vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, slowed heart rate, and low blood pressure. Most deaths are due to irreversible cardiac nerve conduction disorders.
People need to be vigilant not to catch toads to eat, not to use toad meat as nutrition for children, because it is more harmful than beneficial, resolutely say no to toad meat, replace toad meat with other safe meats. When unfortunately poisoned by toad meat, people should immediately remove the poison by: If hands, feet, eyes, mouth are contaminated with toad skin sap, quickly wash the contact area many times with clean water. If the skin feels burning or swollen, go to the hospital immediately; if accidentally eat eggs, liver, toad skin, quickly stimulate the victim to vomit as soon as possible, then take them to the hospital immediately.
