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It is suspected that concentration of 0.08 ug/kg fish is high enough to cause clinical symptoms and concentrations over 0.1 ug/kg fish are considered a health risk. [15] There are different types of symptoms for CFP: gastrointestinal, cardiac, neurological and neuropsychological symptoms. Gastrointestinal symptoms include nausea, vomiting ...
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), also known as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxins. [4] [2] Such individual fish are said to be ciguatoxic. Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, numbness, itchiness, sensitivity to hot and cold, dizziness, and weakness.
Such poisoning from ciguatoxins is known as ciguatera. Ciguatoxins are lipophilic , able to cross the blood–brain barrier , and can cause both central and peripheral neurologic symptoms. The major symptoms will develop within 1–3 hours of toxin ingestion: vomiting, diarrhea, numbness of extremities, mouth and lips, reversal of hot and cold ...
Food poisoning affects and estimated 1 in 6 people per year, and if you've been one of those people, you know it's not fun.
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The symptoms of acute ciguatera fish poisoning can already start 30 minutes after eating contaminated fish. [ 3 ] [ 11 ] However, in milder cases the first symptoms arise 24 to 48 hours later. [ 3 ] The initial symptoms may include itching, tingling, and numbness of the lips, tongue, hands, throat and/or feet. [ 11 ]
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Gambierdiscus toxicus is a species of photosynthetic unicellular eukaryote belonging to the Alveolata, part of the SAR supergroup.It is a dinoflagellate which can cause the foodborne illness ciguatera, [1] and is known to produce several natural polyethers including ciguatoxin, maitotoxin, gambieric acid, and gambierol.