Liver Failure, Acute

Nutrients connected to Liver Failure, Acute

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• Death capDocumented risk

  Amatoxin poisoning can end in acute liver failure; about half of people in liver failure in a US registry of 18 needed a transplant.

• Destroying angelDocumented risk

  Amatoxin poisoning from destroying angel can cause acute liver failure, sometimes needing a transplant.

• Funeral bellDocumented risk

  Amatoxin mushroom poisoning can lead to fulminant liver failure; it is characteristic of severe cases.

• Deadly parasolDocumented risk

  Amatoxin poisoning can end in acute liver failure; about half of people in amatoxin liver failure need a transplant (review), and 3 of 18 Iranian patients died.

• Sheathed woodtuftDocumented risk

  Amatoxin poisoning from the look-alike funeral bell can progress to acute liver failure; not caused by sheathed woodtuft.

• Pennyroyal Tea (Dangers)Documented risk

  Acute liver failure and death have been reported after pennyroyal oil and tea.

• KavaDocumented risk

  Case reports describe acute liver failure needing transplant after kava use; a WHO review quoted by the FDA counted 14 transplants and 7 deaths among 93 reports.

• Honey mushroomDocumented risk

  Through the look-alike Galerina marginata group (amatoxins), not through honey mushroom itself.

• Horse mushroomDocumented risk

  Acute liver failure follows death cap poisoning; the death cap has been reported to be mistaken for horse mushroom.

• False MorelDocumented risk

  Liver failure with possible transplant is described in severe false-morel poisoning.

• Deadly ConocybeDocumented risk

  Amatoxin poisoning can end in acute liver failure; the link is from amatoxins in general, and no human case of this species was found.

• Wormwood Tea (Dangers)Documented risk

  One of the two reported cases developed acute liver failure and died after transplant.

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