Can eating mushrooms spoil the kidney? What is acute renal insufficiency?

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, it rained continuously. But Zhang Jie was overjoyed. Mushrooms grew in the woods behind the house. Wouldn’t it be a waste of time for such fresh ingredients not to be used? At noon, Zhang Jie called her brothers and sisters to have a mushroom feast. But the next day, something was not right. First, my sister felt dizzy, then my brother felt nauseous and vomiting. Zhang Jie herself found that she had not urinated all day. A large family hurried to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed acute renal insufficiency. The doctor said that he might have eaten poisonous mushrooms and suggested that the family recruited by Zhang Jie should receive Read More …

Truth: After eating crayfish, I feel sore all over. Is it muscle dissolution caused by washing shrimp powder?

Since July 2016, major hospitals in Nanjing have received dozens of patients with rhabdomyolysis caused by eating crayfish. The Nanjing Center for Disease Control has issued a special risk warning for crayfish consumption, reminding the general public that if they suffer from systemic or local muscle soreness within 24 hours after eating crayfish, they should go to the hospital in time and explain their eating history. In fact, as early as 2010, Nanjing has also had similar events, many people eat crayfish appeared muscle soreness. The [Nanjing incident] mainly has the following characteristics: all patients have muscle soreness symptoms, biochemical tests show creatine kinase, myoglobin and other indicators significantly increased, clinical diagnosis for rhabdomyolysis. Fortunately, most patients soon recovered and Read More …

Is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome what? Is the new SARS coming?

At 10: 00 p.m. on May 27, 2015, the World Health Organization announced that a close contact of a confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) case from South Korea had entered Huizhou City, Guangdong Province via Hong Kong and had developed fever symptoms. Huizhou City Health and Family Planning Department transferred the Korean to the designated hospital for isolation treatment at 2: 00 a.m. on the 28th, and isolated and observed the close contacts on the spot. As of the end of the article, the Korean had no other discomfort except fever. Initial search to close contacts 35 people, no abnormality. At about 1: 00 a.m. on the 28th, the Guangdong Provincial Working Group rushed to Huizhou to carry out Read More …

What is the current situation of MERS epidemic in the first [three infections] case?

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) first reported the epidemic this year, it has been a week since the outbreak of MERS. As of the morning of June 2, 2015, South Korea’s health department announced a total of 25 confirmed cases of the epidemic and two patients died, including the third generation of infection cases. Nearly 700 people needed to be isolated, of which about 35% were classified as high-risk and required to stay in special isolation places, while others stayed at home for isolation and were restricted from leaving the country. A first [three infections] case It is a matter of concern that among the new patients, there are the first [three infections] cases. Citing foreign media reports, two Read More …