A resident of Nebraska injected hallucinogenic mushrooms into his blood: they sprouted and almost killed him

A Nebraska man suffered from multiple organ failure after turning psychedelic mushrooms into tea, which he then injected into his veins, writes Business Insider.

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According to a medical history published in the journal of the Academy of Counseling Psychiatry, the 30-year-old man's family took him to a Nebraska emergency room after loved ones noticed that he looked disoriented.

As the doctors found out, the man had previously been diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder and was not taking any medication, so he had manic and depressive episodes. During recent episodes associated with his bipolar disorder, family members said he was researching how to reduce opioid use at home.

That's when the man read about the potential of psilocybin, a drug found in hallucinogenic mushrooms (known as magic mushrooms), to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Indeed, a growing body of research suggests that psilocybin may be a treatment for people with depression who have not had success with traditional antidepressants.

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Previously, researchers from Johns Hopkins and New York Universities conducted several small studies of cancer patients who experienced anxiety and depression about their diagnosis. After taking psilocybin, most patients reported improvement in these symptoms immediately after treatment and over time.

However, the drug cannot be injected, which this person only learned after a three-week hospital stay. When people want to eat psychedelic mushrooms, they consume them neat, or as a powder in a capsule, or as a tea. This man boiled mushrooms in water, filtered the liquid through a cotton swab, and then injected the substance into his blood.

After a couple of days, he became ill, he began to vomit blood, jaundice, diarrhea and nausea, severe weakness appeared.

He was unable to clearly explain to doctors what had happened, and after tests they discovered that his liver was damaged, his kidneys were not functioning properly, and he had suffered from multiple organ failure, a condition in which multiple internal organs fail.

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A blood test revealed something even more shocking: mushrooms began to grow in the man's bloodstream, causing the aforementioned health problems. The report says he had to go through a mechanical ventilation procedure and filtering out toxins from the blood.

Doctors kept the man in hospital for 22 days and prescribed him two antibiotics and one antifungal drug, which he will have to take long after being discharged.

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