Citation

Stallard D, Edes TE. Postgrad. Med. 1989; 85(1): 341-345.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia 65212.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Vendome Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2911548

Abstract

A mixture of signs and symptoms can occur with muscarinic poisoning from medications or mushrooms. Manifestations may vary even among persons who ingested mushrooms grown in the same patch and gathered at the same time. Confusion can occur if mushroom poisoning is attributed to a suspected species rather than to the toxin suggested by signs and symptoms. Accurate diagnosis depends on clinical suspicion and recognition of muscarinic manifestations, notably diaphoresis, salivation, bladder cramping, diarrhea, and difficulty with visual accommodation. Muscarinic toxicity due to medications necessitates an adjustment in drug dosage. In mushroom poisoning that produces primarily muscarinic effects, atropine is the treatment of choice.

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