This plant so beautiful that we see in the pictures, called diffembachia camila variety, sold for what it is, a beautiful decorative plant that is apparently harmless , is actually one of the most powerful poisons and toxic nature.
days ago, a person was arranging office plants, the stem of a diffembachia, like the photo, cut a slice and a reflex action led to his mouth for less than one second.
immediately felt burned ...
rushed to the emergency room and seeing her face was terrified to see that was totally purple.
The language grew by inflammation even difficulty breathing.
A friend who was with him took him to the nearest hospital ...
The trip, just over half an hour, it was eternal ... increasingly less able to breathe and pain in the airways was unbearable.
The friend had the foresight to bring a part of the plant to the clinic.
There he was treated immediately and provided him with first aid, to implement steroid-based drugs to counteract bronchial hyperreactivity and put oxygen
was admitted to the intensive care unit and intensive feared a heart attack could occur.
were just minutes short of intubation.
Anyway internal organs suffered serious respiratory condition ...
One reached the lungs to collapse, the inside of the upper airways are filled with sores, his mouth sores, and pain is so intense that not even morphine relieved it.
remained in the ICU four days. I have read
something about this plant online, and only a page on ornamental plants indicates the approximate what your level of toxicity, which is, indeed, end ...
Its sap is concentrated near the stem and petiole, has been traditionally used by Amazonian Indians to poison the tips of their hunting darts.
The touch of the hand over his eyes after handling, produces temporary blindness.
can kill a baby in less than ten seconds and regularly choking little less than twenty minutes to one person.
should never be handled without gloves or rubber bait and in any case with extreme caution.
The information available on the Internet trivializes its killing power ... Because it is so popular, it's worth the community aware of its natural for us to decide if it is worth pursuing as an ornament, if a simple casual contact, accidental or provoked can cause death within seconds.
This message must be broadcast to all your contacts. Maybe save a life and in any case, we warn of the danger of his presence in our environment.
WIKIPEDIA SAYS SO THIS PLANT:
Caution: The sap of this plant is poisonous.
Avoid contact with mucous membranes, mouth and eyes.
Zoom out of reach of children.
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