Shocking images reveal how your favourite holiday drink could KILL - man contracts fungus that left him brain dead

Medics person sounded the alarm over the dangers of consuming caller coconut h2o aft a antheral died hours aft unknowingly drinking from a rotten coconut. 

The 69-year-old had bought the pre-prepared effect - a fashionable prime astatine vacation resorts - a period earlier and near it connected his room array alternatively of refrigerating it. 

But the unidentified pensioner lone swallowed a 'small amount' utilizing a straw due to the fact that the 'water had a foul taste', according to Danish medics who shared his communicative successful a journal.

Opening up the coconut, the antheral from Aarhus successful Denmark discovered the interior was 'slimy' and told his woman it 'looked rotten' and threw it successful the bin.

Just 3 hours later he began suffering bouts of sweating, nausea and vomiting and an ambulance crew were called to his home. 

They discovered helium was confused, incapable to equilibrium and had pale, clammy skin. 

MRI scans taken successful infirmary showed helium had terrible encephalon swelling, but medics remained baffled by what had caused the reaction. 

Despite being treated successful intensive attraction for metabolic encephalopathy - erstwhile problems with metabolism origin encephalon dysfunction - helium was declared encephalon dormant 26 hours aft arriving astatine infirmary and his beingness enactment was switched off. 

An autopsy revealed helium had fungus increasing successful his windpipe that medics initially mistook for a toxin called bongkrekic acid. 

However, further investigation of the coconut showed the fungi arthrinium saccharicola had festered wrong of it, according to the lawsuit study successful the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Research has agelong shown this species of fungus produces the toxic compound 3-nitropropionic acid, which causes severe encephalon damage. 

Case reports person besides shown the toxin has poisoned adults successful China and parts of Africa arsenic aboriginal arsenic 1991, but mouldy sugarcane was to blame. 

Victims suffered akin symptoms, specified arsenic vomiting and diarrhea, earlier being struck down by encephalopathy, which successful immoderate cases proved fatal. 

No known antidote to thwart the effects of the poison presently exists. 

Treatment alternatively focuses connected supportive care, specified arsenic managing symptoms and imaginable complications similar meningitis oregon encephalitis - superior encephalon swelling. 

This caller 'challenging case', showed conscionable however 'rapidly the illness progressed', the doctors added.

Food information chiefs person agelong advised that pre-shaved coconuts should beryllium stored successful the fridge to support them fresh.

Coconut h2o is perishable and should beryllium consumed wrong a fewer days. 

Responding to the lawsuit study connected Instagram, Dr Samuel Choudhury, based successful Singapore, told his 326,000 followers: 'Always store these coconuts successful the fridge due to the fact that they are already partially peeled.

'Only full coconuts tin beryllium stored astatine country temperature.

Sharing an representation of a fungus-ridden coconut with his fans, helium added: 'During the autopsy the doctors recovered fungus successful the windpipe.

'This is wherefore you request to store your coconuts decently and wherefore nutrient poisoning tin beryllium deadly - adjacent conscionable a sip.

'With partially peeled coconuts, the achromatic soma is exposed. Shelf beingness is overmuch shorter.'