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    Urgent reminder: eat "mud snails" carefully and be alert to paralytic shellfish poisoning

    • Last Update: 2021-12-25
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    Recently, there have been many food poisoning incidents caused by eating mud snails in Zhangzhou City
    .
    After investigation , the patient bought pickled mud snails from mobile vendors .
    After eating , the patient developed numbness, vomiting, fatigue and other clinical symptoms of lips, tongue, fingertips, etc.
    The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention detected high concentrations of paralysis in the remaining mud snails after eating.
    shellfish toxins , combined with the results of the epidemiological investigation, the preliminary determination by the consumption of food contaminated with paralytic shellfish poisoning caused by snail poisoning incidents .
     
    Bullacta snails belong to the molluscs of the phylum Gastropoda, Hiranobranchidae, Cephalidae, Ardiidae
    .
    The outer shell is oval, and the shell is thin and brittle
    .
    Bullacta snails are benthic animals in the intertidal zone.
    They live on sandy or muddy beaches in the middle and low tide areas.
    After low tide, they crawl on the surface of the beaches.
    Crustaceans and other food
    .
    Mud snails are one of the main edible molluscs, and their eating habits are mostly salted and eaten raw
    .
     
    Paralytic shellfish poisoning can be divided into four categories: Carbamate toxins (Carbamate toxins), including saxitoxin (STX), neo-saxitoxin (NEO), goniotoxin (GTX); N-sulfonyl N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins, including C1, C2, C3, C4, GTX5 (B1) and GTX6 (B2); Decarbamoyltoxins and Deoxydecarbamoyl toxins toxins)
    .
     
      Symptoms of shellfish poisoning are: initial numbness of the lips, tongue, and fingertips, followed by numbness of the legs, buttocks, and neck, and then dyskinesia
    .
    Symptoms of poisoning are not the same, but most of them are clearly aware.
    Some patients are accompanied by dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting.
    As the course of the disease progresses, breathing difficulties gradually increase.
    In severe cases, death can be caused by respiratory muscle paralysis.
    The mortality rate is about 5%.
    -18%
    .
    Shellfish poisoning occurs rapidly, and there is no specific detoxification method
    .
     
      The Zhangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminded the general public that they should not buy or eat mud snails that may be contaminated by shellfish toxins in the near future, and be wary of paralytic shellfish poisoning
    .
    Once you have symptoms of physical discomfort after eating mud snails and other seafood, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible and actively inform the doctor of your diet history
    .

      Recently, there have been many food poisoning incidents caused by eating mud snails in Zhangzhou City
    .
    After investigation , the patient bought pickled mud snails from mobile vendors .
    After eating , the patient developed numbness, vomiting, fatigue and other clinical symptoms of lips, tongue, fingertips, etc.
    The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention detected high concentrations of paralysis in the remaining mud snails after eating.
    shellfish toxins , combined with the results of the epidemiological investigation, the preliminary determination by the consumption of food contaminated with paralytic shellfish poisoning caused by snail poisoning incidents .
    Food poisoning incident investigation vendors marinated shellfish toxin poisoning
     
      Bullacta snails belong to the molluscs of the phylum Gastropoda, Hiranobranchidae, Cephalidae, Ardiidae
    .
    The outer shell is oval, and the shell is thin and brittle
    .
    Bullacta snails are benthic animals in the intertidal zone.
    They live on sandy or muddy beaches in the middle and low tide areas.
    After low tide, they crawl on the surface of the beaches.
    Crustaceans and other food
    .
    Mud snails are one of the main edible molluscs, and their eating habits are mostly salted and eaten raw
    .
     
      Paralytic shellfish poisoning can be divided into four categories: Carbamate toxins (Carbamate toxins), including saxitoxin (STX), neo-saxitoxin (NEO), goniotoxin (GTX); N-sulfonyl N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins, including C1, C2, C3, C4, GTX5 (B1) and GTX6 (B2); Decarbamoyltoxins and Deoxydecarbamoyl toxins toxins)
    .
     
      Symptoms of shellfish poisoning are: initial numbness of the lips, tongue, and fingertips, followed by numbness of the legs, buttocks, and neck, and then dyskinesia
    .
    Symptoms of poisoning are not the same, but most of them are clearly aware.
    Some patients are accompanied by dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting.
    As the course of the disease progresses, breathing difficulties gradually increase.
    In severe cases, death can be caused by respiratory muscle paralysis.
    The mortality rate is about 5%.
    -18%
    .
    Shellfish poisoning occurs rapidly, and there is no specific detoxification method
    .
     
      The Zhangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminded the general public that they should not buy or eat mud snails that may be contaminated by shellfish toxins in the near future, and be wary of paralytic shellfish poisoning
    .
    Once you have symptoms of physical discomfort after eating mud snails and other seafood, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible and actively inform the doctor of your diet history
    .

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