Clinical symptoms of red amanita poisoning: signs and help

The article is informative in nature, we warn that the use of fly agaric in large doses can lead to health problems and even death

The consumption of red amanita causes a characteristic syndrome, consisting of alternating phases of drowsiness and excitement with hallucinations, and sometimes with convulsions (here and in the following, references to scientific studies are provided) (Tupalska-Wilczyńska et al., 1997).

The main toxins of this mushroom are ibotenic acid, muscimol, muskazone and muscaridine. Other bioactive substances are stizolobic and stizolobic acids. All these compounds are responsible for a diverse picture of intoxication. Analysis of patients with red toadstool (and panther toadstool) poisoning hospitalized in the Poznań Department of Toxicology, showed that symptoms appeared after 30 minutes - 2 hours with vomiting, hallucinations, restlessness, increased psychomotor excitement and central nervous system depression. Other anticholinergic symptoms such as tachycardia and increased blood pressure, mydriasis, dryness and flushing of the skin were observed only

Acute respiratory failure was the most dangerous symptom observed during poisoning (Łukasik-Głębocka et al., 2011). In some cases, delirium was observed (Roch and Mach, 1960; Brvar et al., 2006).

The first period (excitement) begins to manifest 1-4 hours after use. The patient feels heat, tingling all over the body, a feeling of unusual lightness and a desire to move. However, the movements soon become uncoordinated, the limbs seem elusive, float, there is a feeling of flight and dizziness.There is a loss of strength, the inability to hold light objects in the hands, fainting. Mental excitement increases, hallucinations appear. Motor excitement also increases (spasms, facial grimaces). Perceptual disorders appear in black and white, yellow, blue or

Auditory hallucinations also occur. A person in a state of intoxication talks a lot, repeats the words he hears nearby, is in an excited mood. Gradually, the poisoned person loses consciousness and contact with the environment.Hallucinogenic dreams are experienced either with a feeling of transition to the afterlife or with a feeling of depersonalization. The period of excitement turns into a comatose one for several hours. The second (comatose) period lasts several hours. The patient is in a varying degree of deep coma, from which he can spontaneously

The entire course of poisoning takes about 24 hours. After waking up, a poisoned person often has a feeling of being reincarnated. The victim experiences a headache, weakness and depression. Violations of coordination of movements, speech and vision sometimes persist for several days. The most common cause of death is heart failure and respiratory arrest.

The treatment is only symptomatic, the prognosis is usually favorable. In all patients, the recovery was quick and complete. After eating amanita red, it is necessary to remove the fungi from the digestive tract as soon as possible by vomiting, gastric lavage or the introduction of activated charcoal (Benjamin, 1992).

Satora et al. (2005) described a case of acute poisoning of five young people (18-21 years old) who consumed dried fruiting bodies of fly agarics at a party to induce hallucinations.Visual and auditory hallucinations occurred in four of them, and an 18-year-old girl lost consciousness. The next morning, she went to the toxicological clinic. Because not all active substances present in the fly agaric have been identified, and some of them act after a certain period the patient was hospitalized for several days of observation, during which control examinations were carried out. After four days, she was discharged without any problems. The poisoning passed without complications on the organs. The rest of the people who used fly agarics did not have any complaints.

So, as we can see from the above scientific studies, of course poisoning is possible if the dosage is exceeded excessively by more than 5-7 grams and often the symptoms of poisoning pass by themselves without the intervention of doctors.

It should be noted that the use of fly agaric in small doses has a therapeutic effect, but only if you follow the recommended dosage.

To choose a course for yourself, please contact us for an individual consultation, where we will consider exactly what health problem you want to get rid of and, accordingly, we will choose the optimal course for you.

You can also buy them in our store.
1. Amanita fruits
2. Toadstool capsules
3. Amanita extract
4. Mushroom ground

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