Magic mushrooms grew in man's blood after injected as tea

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Magic mushrooms grew in man's blood after injected as tea

A U.S. man was reportedly hospitalized with organ failure after he injected himself with a tea made from psychedelic mushrooms, which later started growing in his veins.

The unusual and dangerous episode is described in a case report slated to appear in the January edition of the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. The patient, 30, ultimately survived.

Doctors say the patient had tried to use the so-called “magic” mushrooms as an alternative treatment for his bipolar disorder, after skipping his usual course of medications, according to reports.

According to the case report reviewed by Insider, the unidentified man made a tea out of some mushrooms, then ran it through a filter and injected it into his body. He fell ill a few days later, and showed symptoms of jaundice, diarrhoea, fatigue and nausea. He also vomited blood.

The man’s family rushed him to a Nebraska hospital, doctors ran a battery of tests and found that his liver was damaged, his kidneys weren’t functioning properly, he was on the verge of organ failure.

They also conducted a blood test and were shocked by what they found: the pulverized mushrooms had begun sprouting in the darkness of the man’s bloodstream.

Doctors put the man on a ventilator to keep him breathing and gave him antibiotics and antifungals to stamp out the spores. 

In total, the man spent 22 days in hospital, eight of which were in intensive care. He was given an intense course of antibiotics and antifungal drugs and was prescribed the antifungal medication long-term to prevent the mushrooms from regrowing.