Urgent warning to parents as girl in Maine, 3, suffers horrific burns after brushing up against a common toxic PLANT found in her backyard READ MORE: Woman, 21, gets severe, yellow blisters from wild parsnip By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:09, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 17:44, 13 June 2024 e-mail 15 View comments A pleasant summer's afternoon became a nightmare after a three year old girl brushed against what turned out to be a toxic plant. Ella Cain from Vassalboro, Maine , erupted in blisters and burns over her arms, legs, and face, after coming into contact with the toxic sap of an innocuous-looking weed in her yard.
Her mother, Audrey, believed the outbreak must have been caused by a poison ivy and applied lotion to ease the pain to her daughter. However, the lotion steroid lotion doctor's gave little Ella to treat the condition only made them worse. The plant responsible for the burns was the invasive wild parsnip , which was growing unchecked across the family's 113-acre property.
It is widespread in American, commonly seen in northeastern and midwestern states, as well as southern Canada . Little Ella, whose doctors determined needed a steroid cream to treat the burns, was made to stay indoors and covered from the sun all summer Mrs Cain noticed the burns just a few hours after her daughter came in contact with the toxic sap Ella, then two years old, was playing innocently in the family's yard when she spotted the wild parsnip pl.
