is it true that eating seafood causes wounds to be infected?

Question

i just got my ear pierced and i have heard sayings before that eating seafood will cause it to be infected.. how true is that?

Answer 1

Seafood has plentiful amounts of the trace element zinc which promotes rapid healing. What you've heard is obviously an "old wives' tale."

Answer 2

Wrong! Vibrio vulnificus causes an infection often incurred after eating seafood, especially oysters; it is ALSO caused by having an open wound exposed to seawater. They are, however, mutually exclusive.

Don't worry, you can eat all the seafood you want.