Ji'nan: after eating watermelon, mother and daughter suspected poisoning, doctors speculate that it is related to organic phosphorus.
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Shandong commercial newspaper reporter
yesterday afternoon, Auntie LV and her daughter were suspected of organophosphorus poisoning. Aunt Lu said she did not eat at noon, but ate with her daughter from the north gate of the district. The watermelon she bought was suspected to be poisoned by watermelon. At present, the police have launched an investigation into this matter.
reporter learned that Aunt Lu is 50 years old and recently came to Ji'nan to help his daughter-in-law see the children from Heze. At noon yesterday, she was at home watching the children. At noon, her daughter, Xiao Jia, came to see her with a watermelon. Because of the hot weather, aunt Lu did not eat lunch, directly eating about 1/3 of the watermelon, daughter Xiao Jia also eat a piece. "In less than half an hour, I felt sick in my stomach, twisted and hurt, and sweating." Aunt Lu recalled that soon after eating watermelon, there were bad symptoms.
aunt Lu's daughter-in-law said that she and her husband, Mr. Jia, had received a distress call from their sister-in-law and hurried home.
aunt Lu was driven to the Armed Police Hospital by his son. Mr. Jia recalled that when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor made a blood test based on the symptoms of aunt Lu and his daughter, who was suspected to be poisoned. In the inspection report of aunt Lu, the reporter saw that the content of cholinesterase was only 15, while the normal value was between 30-80. "Doctors say cholinesterase is so low that it is probably organic phosphorus poisoning."
after the initial diagnosis and treatment in the hospital, aunt Lu and her daughter were relieved of their symptoms of poisoning, and then returned to their homes. Aunt Lu said that the watermelon at noon was purchased by the daughter from the peddler near the north gate of Friendship Garden District, and the remaining watermelon and melon skin had been taken to the police station. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the police that the police in Lixia District have launched an investigation on this matter to test whether there is pesticide residue in the remaining watermelon.
more than 20 students suspected of eating watermelon poisoning on the night of May 20th. 7 students at the Qingdao Technological University University of qin island had symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and convulsions. After examination, 7 students were all food poisoning. Since the afternoon of 21, 13 students were admitted to hospital for treatment of the same symptoms. The doctors initially suspected that they had eaten food containing phosphorus. According to the poisoning students, they had eaten watermelons near a melon stall near the school gate, and suspected that they were related to watermelon. The staff of the food and food office arrived at the hospital for the first time to understand the situation, and in conjunction with the industry and commerce, the Drug Supervision Bureau will be poisoned students to buy watermelon to investigate the melon, commissioned third parties to test whether the watermelon contains toxic ingredients.