Has anyone had experience with children accidentally eating polk berries? My grandson ate a few this evening and I'm worried. The poison control center didn't seem to concerned, and I've been researching it on the internet but not much luck other than they are poisonous and can cause severe illness.
Hi Anita. Years ago when my kids were little my youngest ate a few of them. It scared me to death! I called PC and they said to get Ipecac syrup and make her drink some so she would throw up. So I had to go to the drug store and get it and she drank some. I had to go to work and my husband stayed with the kids. He said she threw it all up. She was always getting into something.
If PC didn't seem too concerned then maybe it's not as bad as I thought. I don't even know if they make that Ipecac stuff anymore. I hope he's ok now. You never know what these kids will do. One time she ate some elephant ear plant. Burned her mouth bad. Strange kid. But the other day my heifer was eating some. I was cutting honeysuckle and weeds off the fence and she was eating poke berries before I could get to them. And she's fine.
Thanks so much, the poison control center said not to make him vomit, we think he only ate three or four. He enjoyed picking blackberries and raspberries with Papa along the woods edge this summer, so when he was out playing he found the polk berries and I'm sure thought they were the same berries he enjoyed eating with his grandpa. I guess time will tell tonight if he gets sick or not, so far so good, let's hope he gets through this without a trip to the emergency room !
Polk Berries
Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 6:12:29 PM
