Mum’s URGENT WARNING over a common plant that left her daughter in the hospital – “We had no clue this plant was dangerous.”
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Who would’ve known that a seemingly innocent flower would lead to a nightmarish trip to the emergency room?
Little six year old Ari was dilly-dallying around their backyard when she stumbled upon a white flower from a nearby plant. She sniffed it and happily placed it behind her ear.
The following morning, her left eye was crusted shut. A red rash had spread over her cheek, her nose was covered in blisters, and her face was swollen almost beyond recognition. Within a few hours, she was struggling with heart palpitations and breathlessness.
Doctors immediately began treating the girl for an allergic reaction – but as Ari’s condition continued to go downhill, her parents found out what was actually behind Ari’s terrifying case. She was poisoned by a hemlock plant.
“We had no clue this plant was dangerous. It was literally everywhere in our backyard,” shared Ari’s mum, Chavana Neuweg.
As a lover of the outdoors, it’s normal for little Ari to come home with all sorts of bumps and scrapes.
She also has a handful of allergies to bees, bugs, and plants so Chavana doesn’t get too concerned whenever the young girl experiences a few rashes after wandering around.
But when the mum noticed the rash spreading on her daughter’s face, she immediately knew that this time around, things were different.
Little Ari suffered from rashes and blisters. Image Credit: KidSpot
“We were immediately worried because it looked different than when she would have a reaction before,” the mum detailed. “This time, she instantly had blisters on her nose.”
The mum went to her aid quickly, preparing a warm oatmeal bath, applying a cold compress to the rash, and administering antihistamine medication.
But the next day, her little girl’s eyes had swollen shut and her whole face was covered in a “blistery rash”. Things have gotten way worse in the span of a few hours.
“Her doctor thought it was poison or an allergic reaction to pollen in the air,” Chavana said.
The family was sent back home with prescribed medications but the rash continued to worsen.
The next day Ari was still unwell. She slept on and off throughout the day and was suffering from memory loss. Terrified, Chavana and her husband Coby tried getting to the bottom of the situation.
“I had an intuition. Something was telling me to look at plants in the yard. It just kind of happened,” Chavana said. “My husband and I needed answers for our daughter,”
The concerned parents came up with a list of poisonous plants and downloaded an application on their phones to help them identify plant varieties. They scanned every plant on their property to research the probability of a reaction.
They had identified almost every plant until Chavana recalled Ari smelling a white flower a few days before. Dashing towards where the plant was, she snapped a photo and uploaded it on the app.
What poison hemlock looks like. Image Credit: Healthline
In a split second, the application was able to identify the plant as poison hemlock.
The Department of Primary Industries states: “Hemlock is highly toxic to livestock and humans, but is avoided by livestock,”
“In humans, it is capable of causing serious illness or death, and all parts of the plant are poisonous when ingested. Symptoms include nervousness, trembling and then respiratory distress.”
As Ari breathed in the scent of the flower, the poison had travelled up through her nose, causing blisters in her nasal passage.
In Australia, the toxic weed is found everywhere except in the Northern Territory.
You can easily spot them as they have fern-like leaves with white flowers and typically grow on riverbanks, stockyards, and along roads.
Doctors began treating little Ari with creams and medications. Gradually, the rashes and blisters vanished.
“Today we are almost three weeks out from the day she smelled the flower. Her skin is 90 per cent better on the outside,” Chavana declared.
“She has trouble sleeping due to her feeling like she can’t breathe. She also has trouble with heart palpitations at night,”
Chavana urged other parents to be careful. Image Credit: 7News
“However, even after all of this, we are grateful to have her and see her personality coming back again,”
Chavana is urging fellow parents everywhere to keep an eye out for the noxious weed and stop their children from getting anywhere near the plant.
Have you seen poison hemlock before? What other toxic plants do you know of? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!
Stay on top of which dangerous plants may be lingering outside your home by watching the video below:
Video Credit: BE AMAZED
Little six year old Ari was dilly-dallying around their backyard when she stumbled upon a white flower from a nearby plant. She sniffed it and happily placed it behind her ear.
The following morning, her left eye was crusted shut. A red rash had spread over her cheek, her nose was covered in blisters, and her face was swollen almost beyond recognition. Within a few hours, she was struggling with heart palpitations and breathlessness.
Doctors immediately began treating the girl for an allergic reaction – but as Ari’s condition continued to go downhill, her parents found out what was actually behind Ari’s terrifying case. She was poisoned by a hemlock plant.
“We had no clue this plant was dangerous. It was literally everywhere in our backyard,” shared Ari’s mum, Chavana Neuweg.
As a lover of the outdoors, it’s normal for little Ari to come home with all sorts of bumps and scrapes.
She also has a handful of allergies to bees, bugs, and plants so Chavana doesn’t get too concerned whenever the young girl experiences a few rashes after wandering around.
But when the mum noticed the rash spreading on her daughter’s face, she immediately knew that this time around, things were different.
Little Ari suffered from rashes and blisters. Image Credit: KidSpot
“We were immediately worried because it looked different than when she would have a reaction before,” the mum detailed. “This time, she instantly had blisters on her nose.”
The mum went to her aid quickly, preparing a warm oatmeal bath, applying a cold compress to the rash, and administering antihistamine medication.
But the next day, her little girl’s eyes had swollen shut and her whole face was covered in a “blistery rash”. Things have gotten way worse in the span of a few hours.
“Her doctor thought it was poison or an allergic reaction to pollen in the air,” Chavana said.
The family was sent back home with prescribed medications but the rash continued to worsen.
The next day Ari was still unwell. She slept on and off throughout the day and was suffering from memory loss. Terrified, Chavana and her husband Coby tried getting to the bottom of the situation.
“I had an intuition. Something was telling me to look at plants in the yard. It just kind of happened,” Chavana said. “My husband and I needed answers for our daughter,”
The concerned parents came up with a list of poisonous plants and downloaded an application on their phones to help them identify plant varieties. They scanned every plant on their property to research the probability of a reaction.
They had identified almost every plant until Chavana recalled Ari smelling a white flower a few days before. Dashing towards where the plant was, she snapped a photo and uploaded it on the app.
What poison hemlock looks like. Image Credit: Healthline
In a split second, the application was able to identify the plant as poison hemlock.
The Department of Primary Industries states: “Hemlock is highly toxic to livestock and humans, but is avoided by livestock,”
“In humans, it is capable of causing serious illness or death, and all parts of the plant are poisonous when ingested. Symptoms include nervousness, trembling and then respiratory distress.”
As Ari breathed in the scent of the flower, the poison had travelled up through her nose, causing blisters in her nasal passage.
In Australia, the toxic weed is found everywhere except in the Northern Territory.
You can easily spot them as they have fern-like leaves with white flowers and typically grow on riverbanks, stockyards, and along roads.
Doctors began treating little Ari with creams and medications. Gradually, the rashes and blisters vanished.
“Today we are almost three weeks out from the day she smelled the flower. Her skin is 90 per cent better on the outside,” Chavana declared.
“She has trouble sleeping due to her feeling like she can’t breathe. She also has trouble with heart palpitations at night,”
Chavana urged other parents to be careful. Image Credit: 7News
“However, even after all of this, we are grateful to have her and see her personality coming back again,”
Chavana is urging fellow parents everywhere to keep an eye out for the noxious weed and stop their children from getting anywhere near the plant.
Have you seen poison hemlock before? What other toxic plants do you know of? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!
Stay on top of which dangerous plants may be lingering outside your home by watching the video below:
Video Credit: BE AMAZED
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