Symptoms of loofah poisoning and how to cure it

Have you heard of loofah poisoning? In recent years, we often hear that some people have symptoms of poisoning after eating loofah. Many people dare not eat loofah for this reason. In fact, loofah poisoning is an individual phenomenon, and you don’t need to worry too much. I will tell you about the symptoms of loofah poisoning and how to treat it.

Symptoms of loofah poisoning

There are many symptoms of poisoning after eating loofah, the most common of which are abdominal pain, diarrhea and dehydration, as well as nausea and vomiting, weakness and dry mouth. In addition, some people will experience serious adverse symptoms such as drowsiness, bloody stools, and coma after eating loofah poisoning. In more serious cases, death may occur.

How to cure loofah poisoning

1. Stop eating

If you experience poisoning after eating loofah, but the symptoms are relatively mild, you just need to stop eating the loofah and the symptoms will gradually improve without causing serious harm to your body.

2. Seek medical attention promptly

If the poisoning symptoms after eating loofah are particularly severe, you should go to the hospital in time and let a professional doctor perform the necessary detoxification treatment. If drug detoxification is not effective, gastric lavage is also required.

3. Luffa poisoning can be prevented

Luffa poisoning is only a rare phenomenon. It is caused by eating the bitter luffa among the luffa. This kind of bitter luffa contains some natural toxic ingredients. People will have obvious poisoning reactions after eating it. Therefore, when you eat luffa, if you find that it is bitter, don’t eat it, and there will be no poisoning.