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<\/p>\nA bloke was left with "whip marks" across his back after cooking mushrooms incorrectly and ending up with a freak reaction to the food item.<\/p>\n
An unnamed 72-year-old man was left in A&E after consuming the shiitake mushrooms he had prepared. It appears the common ingredient had been prepared incorrectly though as he was left with some gruesome marks across his back.<\/p>\n
He was not whipped, though red marks and scratches on his back would indicate a nasty beating. Instead, the gruesome-looking injuries come from a reaction to the shiitake mushrooms.<\/p>\n
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Health experts are now examining a link between the consumption of undercooked mushrooms and a rare condition caused by the strain of fungus. Shiitake dermatitis presents itself in uncommon cases with some patients.<\/p>\n
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In this instance, the man was not brutally beaten on the back but suffered a toxic reaction to the carbohydrates inside the mushrooms. Their release, through the cooking process, causes inflammation.<\/p>\n
As a result, more cases across the globe, in the likes of Asia and Europe particularly, are being linked to the strange mushroom cooking blunder. The New England Medical Journal presented evidence of a grim-looking back, which formed two days after consumption.<\/p>\n
Their entry read: "A 72-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of an itchy, linear rash across his back. Two days before symptom onset, he had prepared and eaten a meal containing shiitake mushrooms."<\/p>\n
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The condition was first recorded back in 1977, with Takehiko Nakamura previously warning of the reaction to undercooked shiitake mushrooms, Indy100 reported.<\/p>\n
Thankfully the grim scars left by the cooked off mushrooms and lentinan within run their course without medical treatment. Obviously a cause for concern when first spotted, the effects of the red rash usually go away of their own volition. <\/p>\n
Doctors told the bloke to "fully cook shiitake mushrooms in the future" and stressed how it is "important for public and healthcare professionals to be aware of this clinically-distinctive condition, which might seem alarming initially.<\/p>\n
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