Original title: one death and five injuries caused by ingestion of toad in Hualien, Taiwan
According to a report from the public health bureau of bufalian County, Taiwan, a person was poisoned by food from the Central Bureau of health in Hualian County, Taiwan.
Zhu Jiaxiang, the director of health, said that people mistook toads for frogs to catch and eat them. After eating them for 1 to 4 hours, they developed nausea, vomiting and limb paralysis. One of them died after being sent to hospital, and the other five were recovered and discharged from hospital after treatment.
Zhu Jiaxiang said that the health bureau sent staff to the patient's residence to collect samples and send them to the 'food and Drug Administration' for inspection. The species identification results confirmed that it was Pangu toad, and bufotenene was detected.
According to nearby residents, on the day of the incident, the parties had dinner at home. Some people brought food materials to add vegetables. They thought that they were common frogs, so they took care of them directly. They did not expect that they would be poisoned by collective food.
Zhu Jiaxiang pointed out that the common toads in Taiwan include the Pangu toad and the black eyed toad. Toad toxin is a kind of cardiac glycogen with cardiotoxicity, which is often found in eggs, skin and parotid gland. If ingested, it will cause arrhythmia and other symptoms. He called on the public to consult experts and scholars if they don't know whether the wild food materials are edible or not, so as not to collect and eat them by themselves, so as to avoid regret.