Stage 3 is marked by a brief remission lasting about 24 hours. You and your doctor think that you are on the road to recovery, but during this period medical attention is most important. In stage 4, symptoms recur along with jaundice, liver and kidney failure, convulsions and coma. Death usually occurs in 4-7 days. Recovery with good medical care can take over two weeks and liver function may be permanently impaired.
Liver transplants are at times called for.
Amanita ocreata is easily confused with the white variant of an A manita known commonly as Coccora, a choice edible.