Panace di Mantegazza: the poisonous plant that causes burns only by touching it

Severe burns and, if in contact with the eyes, even blindness. Panace di Mantegazza returns to be discussed after a seventeen-year-old boy in the United States was seriously injured in the arms and face. But why can it be so risky even just to touch this poisonous plant?

His danger is highlighted by the "misadventure" of Alex Childress of Spotsylvania, Virginia, to whom, busy in his summer gardening work, fell on his face a branch cutting the bushes .

" I cut a bush and when the branch fell, she touched my face, I did not pay much attention to it because I often did that kind of work, "explains Alex, explaining that he did not know that he had touched the Panacea di Mantegazza, which was found, among other places, in Virginia. 19659002] Originally from the Caucasus, the Panace di Mantegazza can cause burns, blisters and even blindness by touching it

" I thought I had a bad burn. I entered the shower and my face began to peel. My mother (nurse, editor's note) said that I had third-degree burns on my face and arms "

The hospital was followed by the burn center, where they had put Alex in the shower for one and a half hours, a useful intervention to reduce the pH level and cleanse the skin affected by burns second and third degree. , the specialists found sap in the body of the teenager that was banned in the sunlight, which could have more serious consequences.