what does puffer fish poisoning do to you?

Answer 1

Pufferfish Poisoning Overview
The poison found in pufferfish, blowfish, balloon fish, toads, sunfish, porcupine fish, toadfish, globefish, and swellfish is a tetrodotoxin. This is one of the most toxic poisons found in nature. Most people who eat pufferfish do so intentionally; pufferfish are considered an Asian delicacy, served in some types of sushi and sashimi. Unless the chef is specially trained to cut the meat in a particular fashion, the dish may contain a large amount of the toxin. Pufferfish poisoning is similar to paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Pufferfish Poisoning Symptoms

Symptoms generally occur 10-45 minutes after eating the pufferfish poison and begin with numbness and tingling around the mouth, salivation, nausea, and vomiting.


Symptoms may progress to paralysis, loss of consciousness, and respiratory failure and can lead to death.


Pufferfish Poisoning Treatment

Vomiting should be induced if the poisoned person is awake and alert and has eaten the fish within 3 hours.


The person may become paralyzed. Artificial respirations may keep the person alive until medical attention in a hospital's emergency department is possible.


Rapidly turn the person onto his or her side if vomiting occurs.


When to Seek Medical Care

Seek medical treatment as soon as possible.


For More Information

Web Links
University of Virginia Health System, Fish Poisoning


http://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilderness_pufferfish_poisoning/article_em.htm

Answer 2

Puffer fish are the 2d–maximum poisonous vertebrate interior the international, after the Golden Poison Frog. The puffer's pores and skin and particular inner organs are fantastically poisonous to people, yet even if the beef of a few species is seen a delicacy in the two Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok) while arranged with the help of chefs who comprehend what's suitable for eating.

Answer 3

Puffers poisoning usually results from consumption of incorrectly prepared puffers soup, "chiri" or occasionally from raw puffers meat, "sashimi fugu." While chiri is much more likely to cause death, sashimi fugu often causes intoxication, light-headedness, and numbness of the lips, and is often eaten for this reason. Puffers (tetrodotoxin) poisoning will cause deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, and vomiting. These are followed by numbness and prickling over the body, rapid heart rate, decreased blood pressure, and muscle paralysis. Death results from suffocation as diaphragm muscles are paralyzed. Patients who live longer than 24 hours are expected to survive, although the poison can cause comas lasting several days. Many people report being fully conscious during the entirety of the coma, and can often remember everything that was said while they were supposedly unconscious

Answer 4

I have a few puffer fish. i love them, they are so cute... i dont think theyre harmful to people... when they puff up it is actually sad because they cant get the air out of them..they would even die... sorry im not a better answer but i think youd be fine, i touch mine all the time!

Answer 5

ever heard of fogu? its a kind of japanese delicacy and is all puffer fish. the poison glands need to be removed carefully and thoroughly or else the poison will kill you. theres even a simpsons episode on that.

Answer 6

puffer fish is considered a delicacy in southeast asia, it is served thinly sliced and raw, and yes it is toxic. You don't have to be allergic either. People who have eaten it all their lives can suddenly, one day keel over dead. And some that have had it for the first time have died as a result. It causes cardiac arrest, and it can be very sudden.

Answer 7

You must be the only person alive you never saw the series of movies called: Buried Alive? If given correctly and in the right dose it will make a person appear deceased. If given in a full dose it will kill you. Watch the movie you will love it.

Answer 8

ummm if you eat them at sushi restaurants, the poisoning can (a) do nothing (b) paralyze you or (c) kill you

Answer 9

Puffs you up, good style

Answer 10

It depends on whether you are alergic