The vast majority of people poisoned by wild mushrooms are mild gastroenteritis, and serious ones include nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. A few of them are neuropsychiatric with symptoms such as irritability and hallucinations. If the poisoning is serious, it will cause great harm to human body, which may lead to shock or even death.

Experts suggest that people should follow three basic principles when eating wild mushrooms: try not to eat what they haven't eaten, try not to eat what they don't know, and try not to eat what they are uncertain about. Besides, don't drink alcohol when eating wild mushrooms. Although some wild mushrooms are non-toxic, some components contained in them will react with ethanol to produce toxins.

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If you accidentally eat wild mushrooms, you should go to a medical institution as soon as possible. Patients can be allowed to drink a small amount of sugar and saline to prevent dehydration from causing shock. But don't force water into the mouth of a coma patient to prevent suffocation. Samples of wild bacteria eaten before poisoning should also be kept as far as possible, and medical treatment should be provided after inspection by professional institutions.

People who are poisoned by eating wild mushrooms at home should immediately adopt simple methods to induce vomiting: they can drink plenty of warm boiled water or dilute salt water, and then stimulate the throat with spoon handles, chopsticks and other items to induce vomiting, so as to expel the unabsorbed residual bacteria in the body as soon as possible, reduce the absorption of toxic substances and prevent the illness from getting worse.

People's Daily Online-6 tips to guard against eating wild mushroom poisoning and prevent food poisoning in summer.

Xinhuanet-US Food and Drug Administration Department: Wild mushrooms should be eaten with skill, and mixed processing and drinking are not allowed.