Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Simplified & Explained
Ciguatera fish poisoning is caused by eating fish that have accumulated toxins produced by microscopic algae called Gambierdiscus. These toxins build up in older and larger predator reef fish such as barracuda, grouper, hogfish, jacks and snapper, as they consume the smaller herbivorous reef fish that have eaten the algae throughout their life.
If a person eats a fish that contains a high quantity of ciga-toxins. They will experience a myriad of symptoms within 6-24hrs. This usually includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and neurological issues like tingling, muscle weakness, joint pain or temperature reversal (hot things feel cold and vice versa).
There is no specific cure, but the symptoms can be treated. And with time, a healthy diet, and eating no fish or seafood that could contain even a small amount of the ciga-toxin seems to be the best. The worst of the symptoms usually go away in a couple days, and all the symptoms are usually completely gone within a month. But this depends on the dose a person receives, and the individual them self.
Currently, the toxin is undetectable by any means short of sending that fish into a laboratory. Meaning, you cannot smell it, a microscope just see it, you can’t feel it, and there are no identifiable bio-markers in fish with it. The toxin does not affect the fish, but does harm humans & other mammals by attacking their nervous system.
Gambierdiscus micro-algae only grows on coral in tropical regions. This is seen around the world, where symptoms can slightly vary depending on what region you get it in. Because of the different types of toxins that are produced by different species of Gambierdiscus.
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Ciguatera fish poisoning is caused by eating fish that have accumulated toxins produced by microscopic algae called Gambierdiscus. These toxins build up in older and larger predator reef fish such as barracuda, grouper, hogfish, jacks and snapper, as they consume the smaller herbivorous reef fish that have eaten the algae throughout their life.
If a person eats a fish that contains a high quantity of ciga-toxins. They will experience a myriad of symptoms within 6-24hrs. This usually includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and neurological issues like tingling, muscle weakness, joint pain or temperature reversal (hot things feel cold and vice versa).
There is no specific cure, but the symptoms can be treated. And with time, a healthy diet, and eating no fish or seafood that could contain even a small amount of the ciga-toxin seems to be the best. The worst of the symptoms usually go away in a couple days, and all the symptoms are usually completely gone within a month. But this depends on the dose a person receives, and the individual them self.
Currently, the toxin is undetectable by any means short of sending that fish into a laboratory. Meaning, you cannot smell it, a microscope just see it, you can't feel it, and there are no identifiable bio-markers in fish with it. The toxin does not affect the fish, but does harm humans & other mammals by attacking their nervous system.
Gambierdiscus micro-algae only grows on coral in tropical regions. This is seen around the world, where symptoms can slightly vary depending on what region you get it in. Because of the different types of toxins that are produced by different species of Gambierdiscus.
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Hello & welcome! I'm Daniel aka "Adventureman Dan." I've been living on the edge, from one adventure to another for the past nine years. Starting in Central California with my first GoPro, through to SoCal, Baja, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Alaska and throughout the whole USA. But for the past five years now, I've been on my 37' sailboat "Adventureborne". Which has opened my life up to unlimited possibilities of where I can go, and what I can do!
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