A woman suffered multiple organ failure after eating “red heart” sugarcane. How to tell if sugarcane is spoiled?

As the saying goes, "Sugarcane is better than ginseng in winter."

Now is the season for sugarcane to be put on the market

Sugarcane tastes sweet

It can clear away heat, detoxify, promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst

Loved by people

While everyone is tasting the sweetness

Also pay attention to the shape of sugarcane

Don't be careless for a moment.

Treating "poison" as food

The consequences are disastrous

Woman suffers multiple organ failure after eating 'red heart' sugarcane

Aunt Wang, 53, from Hangzhou, ate sugar cane as usual after dinner, but she found that the taste was not right: it was not crispy, a little brany, sweet with a slightly sour taste, and the inside of the sugar cane was light brown. Before going to bed that night, she felt nauseous and started to have diarrhea.

Four days later, she had difficulty breathing, cold skin, and blurred consciousness, and then fell into a coma and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Aunt Wang was diagnosed with poisoning from eating moldy sugarcane, intestinal infection-induced sepsis, septic shock, and multiple organ failure.

In life, some people often think

Sugarcane becomes sweeter when it turns red inside

In fact, sugarcane has "red heart" and "black heart".

Because it is contaminated by mold

Don't eat it at this time

Sugarcane is delicious

Eating the wrong kind of "poisonous snake" sugarcane has a relatively high sugar content and is very rich in water. Although its peel is hard, it often has cuts when harvested, and the flesh is exposed. It is easily affected by storage conditions and transportation environment, and there is a risk of contamination by mold.

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Among the fungi that can cause sugarcane to mildew, Arthrosporum spp. is the most dangerous "killer". This fungus produces a highly toxic toxin - 3-nitropropionic acid - during its growth and reproduction.

This is a strong neurotoxin. The initial symptoms after poisoning are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain , followed by dizziness, headache, convulsions and other symptoms. In severe cases, cerebral ischemic necrosis, respiratory failure and even death may occur. Some poisoned patients may experience language and movement disorders.

Therefore, please do not eat "red heart" sugarcane!

In addition, once sugarcane is invaded by mold, every part of it has been "contaminated" . Never remove the red part and continue eating it just because you can't see it with the naked eye.

How to tell if sugarcane is spoiled?

Touch: Feel the softness and hardness of sugarcane

Second look: Check whether the sugarcane pulp is fresh

Three smells: identify whether sugarcane has peculiar smell

If the sugar cane is soft, discolored, smells like alcohol, has hair, or turns red inside, it should not be eaten. In addition, it is recommended to eat the purchased sugar cane on the same day and not save it for the next or third day.

1. Sugarcane has a high sugar content and is cold in nature. It is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, diabetes, and high blood sugar . Ordinary people should not consume it in excess.

2. If children cannot spit out sugarcane residue, they may choke on it when eating sugarcane, which may lead to the risk of suffocation. Children must be careful when eating it.

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