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While all these are the positive side of having an indoor plant, there are some precautions to be taken with certain types of indoor plants. The reason for this is explained through the incident that happened in a woman’s life when her son was poisoned by an indoor plant
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Three construction workers are on the seventy-fifth floor of a non-finished building.
Three construction workers are on the seventy-fifth floor of a non-finished building.
The italian opens his lunch box to find a pizza and says "Man, if I get pizza one more time I am going to jump off this building and fall to my death!"
The chinese opens his lunch box to find rice and says "Man, if I get rice one more time I am going to jump off this building and fall to my death!"
The blonde opens his lunch box to find a cheeseburger and says" Man, if I get a cheeseburger one more time im going to jump off this building and fall to my death!"
So the next day they all got the same thing and they jumped off the building to their death.
That weekend at the funeral, the italian and the chinese wives are crying and saying "I would have fixed him something else for lunch but he never told me."
And as the two wives stare at the blondes wife, they both ask why she isn't sad about her husbands death, the blonde replys "Don't look at me, he packs his own lunch."
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This woman had so much love for indoor plants that she almost had a good collection of them inside their house. Dumb Cane is one of the indoor plants she had. Dumb cane which is also known as Dieffenbachia is sold just as an indoor plant without providing any type of precautions what so ever regarding the same. The botanical name of Dumb cane is Dieffenbachia Amoena and the most poisonous part of the plant is its stems. Go through the next few pages to understand why precautions need to be understood before going in for indoor plants.
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When, Esteban, her 5 year old son who was playing inside the house complained of unbearable stomach pain, the parents thought it may be temporary and Esteban will get rid of the same soon. To their surprise, not only did the stomach pain worsen but Esteban was writhing in excruciating pain. When they rushed Esteban to the hospital, to their shock, the Doctors diagnosed that he was poisoned.
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The Doctors went on to explain that the boy was basically affected due to serious allergic reaction caused by Raphides which are nothing but calcium oxalate crystals that are needle shaped. Raphides are seen in clusters inside the plant tissues which cause acute poisonous reactions. These toxins enter the body through the pores of the skin causing damage to the organs which is fatal. This is what had happened to the 5 year old Esteban.
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If there are children and pets at home, ensure you do not get Dumb Cane. The main symptoms caused when people get affected by Dumb cane are swelling in various spots of the body, severe numbing sensation, uncontrolled drooling and verbal irritation. In some cases, symptoms tend to be more severe and it depends on the extent of poisoning in the body. Where the symptoms are mild, treatment using antihistamines, analgesics and medical charcoal are effective on patients.
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