Mushroom poisoning 16-year-old Syrian refugee in Münster suffers from deadly poisoning

University of Münster: 16-year-old Syrian dies from severe fungus poisoning
At the University of Münster, a 16-year-old Syrian refugee has died as a result of severe fungus poisoning. The adolescent had inadvertently consumed tuberous mushrooms. In recent days, was increasingly warned of the deadly danger of poisonous mushrooms.

16-year-old dies of fungus poisoning
As the University Hospital Münster (UKM) announced in a press release, the 16-year-old adolescent, who had been admitted to the clinic last week with severe fungal poisoning, died in the night of Monday as a result of acute liver failure. The liver damage to the young Syrian refugee had been triggered by the consumption of poisonous tuber-leaved mushrooms. According to the university hospital was found for the 16-year-old no suitable donor organ.

The 16-year-old Syrian refugee has been fatally poisoned with tuberous mushrooms. (Image: Schlegelfotos / fotolia.com)

No matching donor organ found
"Due to the severity of the poisoning, transplantation was ultimately the only chance," said Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Schmidt, Director of the Clinic for Transplantation Medicine. That they did not receive any organ offer "is absolutely shocking" and makes them "incredibly sad". Four other patients, including the boy's mother, are also currently being treated for mushroom poisoning in Münster. Schmidt said, "three patients have recovered well and will not sustain any consequential damage." You can leave the clinic healed in the coming days. In the fourth patient, a teenager, the situation is critical, here, a donor liver is sought.

One of the most poisonous mushrooms in this country
The Knollenblätterpilz (Amanita spec.) Is one of the most toxic mushrooms in Germany and responsible for 90 percent of all deadly fungal poisoning. He is very dangerous because his poison acts only several hours after consumption and then already absorbed in the whole body. First, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, similar to a gastrointestinal infection. After one to two days, damage to the liver occurs which may be accompanied by blood clotting and kidney dysfunction. And in the worst case, the liver stops functioning. The mushroom is always confused with mushrooms. In Münster and Hanover over 50 cases of poisoning by the Knollenblätterpilz were known in recent days. In most cases, refugees from Syria were affected. (Ad)