Recently, there have been frequent food poisoning incidents in many places, and the culprits have pointed to the same shellfish food. This kind of food is commonly found on the dinner table and is loved by many people. What the hell is going on?
Ms. Yu from Xiamen, Fujian Province, usually loves to think about what is delicious. Recently, she has eaten a lot of pickled snails at home. Unexpectedly, a week later, Ms. Yu had symptoms of stomach pain and diarrhea.
Ms. Yu thought she had a bad stomach and went to the pharmacy to buy some medicine to treat diarrhea. As a result, after eating it, the situation worsened. There was really no way, she rushed to the Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University for examination. It doesn't matter if you check it, even the doctor is shocked!
The test sheet showed that Ms. Yu's liver function transaminases exceeded the normal critical value by more than 40 times! Where is this to cure diarrhea, first of all, protect the liver!
When going through the hospitalization procedures, a patient who came in at the same time as Ms. Yu also had a similar problem. The patient's total bilirubin is more than 10 times higher than normal, and even artificial liver plasma replacement is required! The reason is also caused by eating.
Since the patient ate a lot of drunken snails at the banquet, he had nausea, diarrhea, fatigue and other problems, and even could not sleep well. Only then did I come to the hospital for examination.
What went wrong? Why was the mud snail able to harm these two people to the hospital?
Temporary greed, causing toxic liver damage
In fact, the cause of both patients is the same, both because of toxic liver damage caused by shellfish toxin. And the mud snail is the culprit of everything.
Not only them, but also the outpatient departments of other hospitals have also treated many patients with symptoms of lips, tongue, fingers, vomiting, fatigue, and diarrhea. When asked, I have eaten shellfish recently.
What is shellfish toxin?
In fact, shellfish food itself is not toxin-producing. But when they symbiosis with toxic algae, or when they eat poisonous algae themselves, the toxins come and accumulate in the body.
This toxin is not harmful to shellfish. But once it gets into people's stomachs, it can make people poisoned!
In general, when toxic "red tide" occurs, it is more likely that shellfish foods accumulate toxins, which in turn affects the health of eaters.
The constantly updated and reported number of shellfish food poisoning in various regions is likely to point to a conclusion: some of the shellfish food circulating on the market may have been "contaminated"!
Shellfish containing toxins have no abnormalities in appearance and no specific therapeutic agents
After noticing the abnormality of shellfish food in the market, the latest notice also came out, advising the public to eat as little mud snail as possible recently.
Because shellfish toxins do not cause significant changes in the appearance of shellfish. The color and smell are also as usual, and it is impossible to distinguish them.
Many people think that it is impossible to smell and look at shellfish food and pick out the bad and contaminated parts.
Moreover, common means such as high-temperature cooking cannot completely destroy such toxins. Even if you stir-fry or simmer, there is no way to remove the toxins. If it's eaten raw, let alone that.
Therefore, the safest way is to eat less mud snails recently. Because no one can guarantee that these mud snails on the market are not polluted.
In addition, there are no specific treatments for the common 4 types of shellfish toxins. From the perspective of physical health, it is better to eat less recently.
Dr.X said
If you have recently eaten shellfish foods such as mud snails and have symptoms of physical discomfort, be careful! Not necessarily because it's not fresh and eats bad stomach. It's possible that shellfish toxins are at work! If there is a problem, it is best to see a doctor as soon as possible. Don't miss the best time for treatment.