A gardener was left with slurred speech and a swollen tongue , with her arms feeling 'like they were on fire' after coming across a poisonous plant while doing some routine pruning. Kenzie Kizer said her first symptoms started after she finished weeding, which caused her to have terrible sensations on her arms.
Her tongue began to swell, she felt dizzy and her speech became slurred after coming into contact with poison hemlock. The poisonous plant has tiny white flowers which can prove fatal to humans, dogs and livestock.
She has since set-up a Facebook to warn others of the dangers of the plant. “I took a shower to wash out what I believed to be splinters,” Ms Kizer wrote.
