3 Hospitalized in Napa County After Toxic Mushrooms, as California Outbreak Sickens 47 and Kills 4
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Updated · Fox News · May 13
3 Hospitalized in Napa County After Toxic Mushrooms, as California Outbreak Sickens 47 and Kills 4
7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 13
Three adults were hospitalized in Napa County over the weekend after eating toxic wild mushrooms, triggering renewed warnings from local and state health officials.
At least 47 people in 12 California counties have been poisoned and four have died since mid-November, with death cap and western destroying angel mushrooms driving the outbreak after wet weather.
Symptoms can take 6 to 24 hours to appear and may briefly fade before fatal liver or kidney damage or seizures develop within two to three days.
Health officials said cooking, boiling, freezing or drying does not make poisonous mushrooms safe and urged residents to avoid all wild mushrooms, keep children and pets away, and seek emergency care immediately after suspected ingestion.
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