Fish meat is delicate and delicious
and rich in nutrients
But sometimes, such delicious food
will be poisonous!
On the evening of June 4th, an emergency patient came to the Second People’s Hospital of Chun’an County, Hangzhou City. The patient with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and shortness of breath, Mr. Wang (pseudonym). Physician Song on duty immediately received the consultation and carefully inquired about the condition.
It turned out that Mr. Wang ate creek grouper for dinner, which caused food poisoning. The creek grouper is the common name for the light-lipped fish such as the thick-lipped light-lipped fish, the semi-thorned light-lipped fish, the Wenzhou light-lipped fish, and the Yunnan light-lipped fish, which are mostly distributed in the waters of Zhejiang.
After a series of symptomatic treatment, Mr. Wang is currently in stable condition.
Why is it poisonous to eat stream grouper?
How can the commonly eaten stream grouper be poisoned? It turns out that the creek grouper itself has no toxins, but its eggs and ovaries contain a colorless and odorless neurotoxin – “ciguatoxin”.
This toxin cannot completely destroy its toxicity after heating to 100 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes. 120 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes to destroy its toxicity. Although it does not affect the fish itself, it can cause poisoning when eaten by humans, poultry or livestock. It usually occurs 2 hours to 10 hours after eating, and the course of the disease is 2 weeks to 3 weeks.
The main symptoms after poisoning are gastrointestinal symptoms, which are easily confused with acute gastroenteritis. The main manifestations are dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, numbness of limbs, tingling of calf muscles, and itching.
Some people will experience dry mouth, cold sweats, dizziness, chest tightness, rapid and irregular heartbeat, convulsions, convulsions, coma in severe cases, and the rapid development of the disease can lead to death.
Can the delicious creek grouper still be eaten?
A lot of people panic when they hear that the creek grouper may be poisoned after eating it: Can the creek grouper still be eaten?
Of course! The nutritional value of creek grouper is still very good.
1. The meat of Xi grouper is tender and white, similar to chicken. Xi grouper is rich in protein, as well as a variety of umami amino acids, and the meat is particularly delicious and particularly popular.
2. Stream grouper is a kind of low-fat, high-protein fish. Using stream grouper to replace the beef and mutton we usually eat can reduce fat intake. It is a particularly good choice for the elderly with high blood lipids, poor cardiovascular conditions, and high blood pressure.
3. The content of mineral zinc in the grouper is also excellent, which is of great significance for promoting reproductive health.
You should pay attention to these points when eating creek grouper
In daily life, how to eat creek grouper correctly and healthily?
1. Try to choose non-spawning period for food (spawning period is June-August, some areas may be different due to the influence of climate), fish eat algae relatively in the first quarter or after November Reduced, with relatively few toxins.
2. Ciguatoxin is more abundant in fish head, fish eggs and fish internal organs. It can be as high as 50 to 100 times that of other parts. Therefore, the fish head should be removed when processing, and at the same time, the fish blood, internal organs, including fish eggs should be cleaned up before cooking in the pot. Do not be greedy for the deliciousness of the river grouper eggs and ovaries.
3. If you want to eat fish more safely, you should soak the fish in water for half an hour before going to the kitchen.
4. If ingesting grouper seeds by mistake, drinking alcohol, eating peanuts and beans, it may aggravate the symptoms of ciguatoxin poisoning.
5. If you find that there is any unpleasant reaction such as poisoning, you should stop eating it immediately. You can stir the throat with chopsticks or fingers to induce vomiting, and quickly go to the hospital for treatment.
6. In addition to the poisonous roe of the creek grouper, the roe of the puffer fish, catfish, carp, gar and naked carp are also poisonous and must not be eaten.
Source: Chun’an County Health and Health Bureau, Health Hangzhou