7-year-old girl Wenwen's poisoning after consuming black fungus has caused quite a stir. Many people are confused because black fungus is a food that many people enjoy eating, and many people like to add black fungus as a side dish when cooking. How could it be poisonous? Let me reintroduce black fungus to you!
【Cases of Poisoning from Eating Black Fungus】
A family of three in Zhejiang was hospitalized after consuming black fungus.
Wenwen and her mother and younger brother had a meal at home, and one of the dishes was cold mixed black fungus. It is understood that the black fungus had been soaked in water for two whole days and nights.
Taking into account that Wenwen ate cold mixed black fungus the day before she fell ill, along with her symptoms and clinical manifestations, Deputy Director Ye Sheng concluded that Wenwen may have experienced acute poisoning due to the ingestion of coconut toxin-carrying black fungus.
Sure enough, yesterday morning, the test results from the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Wenwen's blood sample contained rice koji acid toxin, which is produced by coconut toxin-carrying bacteria, confirming the previous inference.
Black fungus has a mild taste and a unique color, making it suitable as a side dish. However, in recent years, there have been frequent reports of black fungus poisoning. Those who are poisoned can end up in the intensive care unit or even die, and there have even been cases of entire families dying, which is frightening. Doctors involved in treatment have reported that the symptoms of black fungus poisoning are similar to those of mushroom poisoning, so they suspect that it is caused by fungal toxins.
【How Can Black Fungus Become a Deadly Poison?】
Because black fungus soaked for too long in high temperature weather in summer will produce coconut toxin-carrying bacteria,
The symptoms after encountering this coconut toxin-carrying bacteria include stomach discomfort, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, etc. During vomiting, the initial content is food or yellow-green watery substance, and in some cases, it is coffee-like. After digestive symptoms, there may also be clinical manifestations dominated by toxic hepatitis, such as hepatomegaly and abnormal liver function. Severe cases may lead to hepatic coma and even death.
After soaking in high temperature, black fungus will also produce "rice koji acid" toxin, which is the deadliest bacterial toxin. What's even scarier is that there is currently no medication to treat this virus, so contracting this virus is like slowly approaching death's door, truly without any hope of treatment.
【How Long Should Black Fungus Be Soaked】
In fact, dried black fungus only needs a short soaking time, usually half an hour is enough, there is no need to soak it for a whole day. If you don't have time during the day due to work, you can soak the dried black fungus in cold water in the morning, put it in the refrigerator to chill, and then eat it in the evening. Soaking black fungus in cold water can maintain its crisp texture. Overnight soaking or soaking for one or two days should not be consumed.
Black fungus is good, stop "blackening" it all the time
According to statistics, there are about 20 edible mushrooms in the world, and currently there are seven or eight types of mushrooms that are widely sold in the domestic market, including black fungus, wrinkled fungus, horny fungus, and hairy fungus.
Black fungus is an edible mushroom and contains rich nutrients. In addition to containing pentose, trehalose, mannitol, lecithin, mannose polysaccharide, methyl pentose, cerebroside, and sphingolipid, the protein content in black fungus is also abundant. Vitamins B1, B2, and niacin in black fungus are also beneficial to human health.
The protein and carbohydrate content of black fungus is much higher than that of ordinary vegetables, but the calorie content is very low, making it a healthy and delicious low-calorie food.
