Ciguatera fish poison is a neurological toxin that can result in serious
\ndisease symptoms in people who eat fish from nearshore tropical oceans.
\nCiguatoxin is produced by a microscopic dinoflagellate algae (Gambierdiscus
\ntoxicus) and passed up the food chain.<\/p>\n
The dinoflagellate is eaten by herbivorous reef fish, which are in turn
\neaten by larger carnivorous fish, with each step concentrating the toxin.
\nThe geographic distribution of toxic fish is very inconsistent. It is not
\nuncommon for fish from one side of the island to be poisonous while the
\nsame species from the other side of the island is safe to eat.<\/p>\n
Ciguatera poisoning is a serious threat to public health and fisheries
\ndevelopment along tropical and subtropical shorelines. As many as 400
\nmillion people live in these areas and many are unaware of the dangers of
\nciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). More than 60,000 people get ciguatera
\npoisoning each year, worldwide. Predictions are for more CFP outbreaks as
\nincreased fish consumption drives worldwide trade, particularly exports
\nfrom fish-rich tropical Island nations.<\/p>\n
Ciguatera toxin tends to accumulate in predator fish, such as the barracuda
\nand other carnivorous reef fish, because they eat other fish that consume
\ntoxin-producing algae (dinoflagellates) that live in coral reef waters.<\/p>\n
Ciguatera toxin is harmless to fish but poisonous to humans. The toxin is
\nodorless and tasteless, and it is heat-resistant, so cooking does not
\ndestroy the toxin. Eating ciguatera-contaminated tropical or subtropical
\nfish poisons the person who eats it.<\/p>\n
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (Toxin) Symptoms<\/em><\/p>\n Symptoms generally begin six to eight hours after eating the contaminated Symptoms include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, numbness, Ciguatera fish poison is a neurological toxin that can result in serious disease symptoms in people who eat fish from nearshore tropical oceans. Ciguatoxin is produced by a microscopic dinoflagellate algae (Gambierdiscus toxicus) and passed up the food chain. The dinoflagellate is eaten by herbivorous reef fish, which are in turn eaten by larger carnivorous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbrace.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfish.<\/p>\n
\ntingling, abdominal pain, dizziness, and vertigo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"