Man who ate dried mushrooms, cut off genitalia. What kind of mushroom is it?
Sep 30, 2024
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A 37-year-old man who had his genital amputated with an axe was rushed to a hospital in Feltkirch, Austria, according to Saipost, a mental health magazine.
He was found to have done terrible things by eating four to five dried ' hallucinogenic mushrooms' and having a severe psychotic attack.
The 'Enchanted Mushroom' he ingested is also called 'Silocybin Mushroom' and 'Magic Mushroom' and is regulated as a drug in most countries.
Psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound in this mushroom, causes hallucinations when ingested.
It is known to alter the serotonin receptors in the brain, changing our senses and heightening our emotions.
The male patient is also said to have been suffering from depression and alcoholism when his psychosis was developed due to mushrooms.
Medical staff at Feltkirhi Hospital concluded that the patient, who was alone in the villa, ate four to five dried ' hallucinogenic mushrooms', which resulted in delirium and hallucinations that caused self-harm.
Found by villagers, he was taken to a hospital in about five hours.
The medical staff succeeded in suturing about 2cm of the cut genitalia, but some tissues were damaged and could not be reached.
Patients who received psychiatric and urological treatment had no recollection of the situation at the time.
After a few months of surgery, the test results showed that erection and urologic function were restored.
Medical staff published the case in the journal 'Mega Journal of Surgery'.
The medical team explained that it is the first to report a case of 'Klingsor syndrome' caused by hallucinogenic mushrooms. Klingso syndrome is a psychiatric rare condition involving mental disorders, command hallucinations, religious obsession, substance abuse, isolation from society or neglect as a self-inflicted traumatic penis amputation.
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