After finishing the college entrance examination, Su Yuhe became a vegetative state because she saved a cat. After lying there for a year, she time-traveled and became Su He from Nanshan Village, w...
The noise was so loud that it was impossible for the people in the ward not to hear it. So, Jiang Nan's eyes were red and her face was pale, making her look even more fragile.
Grandma Su and the others were heartbroken to see this.
He rushed forward to comfort her, saying, "Oh dear, don't cry. It's alright. We've already helped drive those people away. You should focus on getting better. Now you're all alone in your family, so you have to stand on your own two feet."
Hearing this, the little girl probably thought of her family and started crying again.
Upon seeing this, the group offered them much comfort.
Su He looked at her carefully, but didn't approach her. Instead, she left the ward.
I asked a passing nurse and went straight to the doctor's office.
The doctor was a little nervous when he saw her dressed like that, thinking something was wrong.
As soon as she entered, Su He smiled at him and said, "Hello doctor, don't be nervous. I just want to ask you something. Is the little girl in room 302 who was poisoned alright?"
Upon hearing this, the doctor said directly, "Although her stomach was pumped in time, the toxins have already seeped into her body, and her stomach, liver, and other organs have been damaged to some extent. Her body will become weak afterward."
Su He nodded after hearing this and continued, "I'm also a little curious. I heard that they got poisoned after eating sprouted potatoes, but they had already cut off the sprouts. Can they still get poisoned like that?"
After listening, the doctor thought for a moment and said, "Logically speaking, it is possible. Some people are reluctant to cut off the buds but do not cut off the attached flesh. In this case, there is still a possibility of poisoning."
"How much would be needed to cause death?"
After listening, the doctor carefully analyzed the situation for her, saying, "Potatoes contain a substance called solanine. Under normal circumstances, the solanine content in every 100 grams of potatoes will not exceed 10 milligrams, while the solanine content in sprouted potatoes will increase by more than 50 times."
Small amounts of solanine are generally harmless to humans, but levels exceeding 200 milligrams can cause poisoning, and levels exceeding 400 milligrams can be fatal.
After hearing this, Su He did the math in her head. In other words, if she ate more than half an ounce of sprouted potatoes, she would suffer severe poisoning and might even die.
Of course, this is only based on the location of the sprout; the toxins in other parts of the potato may not be as high.
But actually, it's quite easy to reach that lethal dose if you eat just a few sprouted potatoes together.
Of course, this is on the premise that the potatoes you eat are sprouted. What if you cut off the sprouts like the Jiang family did?
The doctor clearly knew what she wanted to ask and continued, "As I just said, even if you cut off the bud, the toxins will still be there, just not as much, but there is still a risk of poisoning."
Su He was puzzled after hearing this, "But everyone eats like this now, and I haven't seen anyone get food poisoning?"
The doctor was taken aback by her question, then thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, many families eat like this nowadays because cooking it should reduce the toxins, so there is generally no problem. But it's not all of them. There is still a possibility of poisoning, but it usually only causes mild nausea and vomiting, which will subside after digestion, so most people don't take it seriously."
Su He understood after hearing this.
"Okay, thank you, doctor. Now that you've told me, I'll have to be more careful when I get home."
The doctor felt a pang of sympathy upon hearing this. "Ah, you're right to think that way. Nowadays, people believe what the older generation says and don't like to listen to doctors. Otherwise, Jiang Nan's parents wouldn't have died, and the perfectly healthy young girl would be all alone now."
Su He found his question strange. "You know Jiang Nan?"
The doctor nodded. "She was my daughter's classmate and had visited our home before. She's a good girl, and she liked to ask me questions after she heard I was a doctor."
I had explained the issue of sprouted potatoes to her before, but I didn't expect her to still have this problem. I guess her family didn't believe me..."