Currently I’m satisfied with the medical assessment that the relatives suffered from mushroom poisoning, specifically death caps and agree with you that symptoms play an important part in a diagnosis.
IMO a key aspect of the differential is the rapid liver failure which all four experienced. Many substances, ranging from arsenic, botulism, prescription meds, dry cleaning chemicals, etc. can cause death but a stand out symptom of death cap poisoning is liver failure within 24 to 48 hours after ingestion.
Death caps are common in the region and the victims displayed symptoms consistent with death cap poisoning so unless the autopsies reveal some unusual cause other than the obvious it seems to be what the doctors suspect.
IMO we’re going to hear a new story from EP at some point. MOO
Don and Gail Patterson, Gail's sister Heather and her pastor husband Ian fell sick after eating beef Wellington pie at Erin Patterson's Leongatha home, in Victoria's Gippsland, on July 29.
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Contrary to popular belief, there is no home test that can distinguish between edible and poisonous varieties of wild fungi or mushrooms.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au