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Toxicologists are often consulted about 🍄foraging misadventures (wild mushroom ingestion).
Usually you don't get a clear mushroom image like this video (at best a blurry photo of some OTHER mushroom), or more often no image.
So what to do?
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#FOAMed #FoamCC #MedEd
Usually you don't get a clear mushroom image like this video (at best a blurry photo of some OTHER mushroom), or more often no image.
So what to do?
A 🍄🧵
#FOAMed #FoamCC #MedEd
If you do have a good sample or photo you can work with a mycologist (your posion center knows one) to identify the shroom. But this is not frequent.
Since we almost never have that we usually rely on history and symptoms
Key to differentiating mushroom toxicity types: time to onset of GI issues. Most mushrooms upset the tummy. The 5hr “rule” helps identify bad ones.
Key to differentiating mushroom toxicity types: time to onset of GI issues. Most mushrooms upset the tummy. The 5hr “rule” helps identify bad ones.
Had the opportunity to be part of a fascinating work. Americas Poison Center Annual report.
A comprehensive poisoning epidemiology study compiled of data from all 55 U.S. Poison Centers
Free 🔗➡️bit.ly/3wbIwWS
Pubmed🔗➡️bit.ly/3wdgeLP
A🧵on emerging trends
A comprehensive poisoning epidemiology study compiled of data from all 55 U.S. Poison Centers
Free 🔗➡️bit.ly/3wbIwWS
Pubmed🔗➡️bit.ly/3wdgeLP
A🧵on emerging trends
This year we highlighted two important trends in addition to baseline poisoning data.
Firstly, THC product exposures have been increasing since 2016, and the demographics are changing. In 2021, edible products (red line) eclipsed plant based marijuana (blue line) for products
Firstly, THC product exposures have been increasing since 2016, and the demographics are changing. In 2021, edible products (red line) eclipsed plant based marijuana (blue line) for products
The change in products also represents changing demographics. While Adults (gold) comprise the majority of exposures, pediatric<6 (green) is taking an ever increasing share of the THC exposure calls since 2016.
