Man vomits blood, dies after consuming poisonous beetle

A blister beetle. Illustration photo by Shutterstock

A 72-year-old man in the northern Son La Province died after consuming blister beetles, which could be poisonous.

Doctor Me Thi Xuan, head of the intensive care medicine and clinical toxicology department of Son La General Hospital, on Thursday said the patient was hospitalized while in shock and experiencing convulsions, respiratory failure and vomiting blood, among other symptoms.

Despite constant treatment, the patient died after two days under intensive care.

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