We have to go back to 1985 to find evidence of a similar case of “mushroom injection” in the blood, according to doctors.
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The experiment turned out to be inconclusive. A thirty-year-old man injected into the veins a mixture, a kind of tea in which he had boiled hallucinogenic mushrooms. Several days later, he was taken to the emergency room by his relatives, suffering from confusion and multiple failures of his organs … because mushrooms grew in his blood, describe his doctors in a case study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry this January 11, 2021.
Cascading consequences
If the action seems a little far-fetched, the reason behind is much less. By injecting this substance into his bloodstream, the patient hoped relieve her symptoms bipolar disorder and his opioid addiction.
Online he had read reports on potential therapeutic effects of hallucinogens (LSD, psilocybin mushrooms). However, after having administered this “home-made treatment” to himself, he gradually became lethargic and nauseous, seeing his skin turn yellow, until he finally vomited blood.
It was his family who finally found him in a very advanced state of confusion and took him to the emergency room at Saint-Jospeh Hospital in Arizona (United States). Several of his organs, including the liver and kidneys, fail, so the young man is transferred to the intensive care (USI). His blood is then tested positive for bacterial infections (Brevibacillus) and fungal (Psilocybe cubensis), which means that the injected “magic mushrooms” were indeed “devouring” him from the inside.
Treated with antibiotics and antifungals, the patient also had to be placed on a ventilator after declaring a acute respiratory failure. But after 22 days in the hospital, he was able to return home safe and sound … after, however, a very big fright.
Controlled therapeutic potential
Research suggests that the psilocybine, active ingredient of certain hallucinogenic mushrooms, could constitute a promising treatment for depression, anxiety, or substance abuse, note the authors of the case study … but when it is taken safely. The US state of Oregon even legalized its use for psychiatric treatment in 2020.
In most scientific investigations, the molecule is ingested in pill form. And when it is given by intravenous injection, the doses are tightly controlled and do not contain any fungus, only the compound. No risk when any parasite develops in the blood.
Moreover, if eaten – especially for recreational purposes, as tea, raw or dried – they act as the chemical serotonin brain and do not present, according to current studies, long-term negative effects. What is called a “bad trip”, however, can be synonymous with anxiety, confusion, as well as high blood pressure, vomiting, headaches or even stomach cramps.
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