Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.med Subject: Re: Sushi Message-ID: <1847@aecom.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 20:24:08 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.1847 Posted: Fri Aug 9 20:24:08 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:35:06 EDT References: <499@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 29 Xref: linus net.cooks:3586 net.med:1776 > I've only had the chance to have sushi a few times, when visiting > California, and loved it. However, since then, I've read some newspaper > articles describing various vile and loathsome parasitical infections or > other ill effects that can arise from eating sushi, > Will Martin From my clipping file (a summary): Sushi found to harbor Parasites. Kwizo Sugimachi, MD and colleagues at Kyushu U. cite 178 cases of Anisakis larval infection resulting from incooked fish in the 15 years between 1969 and 1984. Raw Mackerel accounted for 87% of the cases. All patients became ill within 12 hours after eating the fish. All were treated successfully by endoscopically removing the larvae and administering antacids. Otherwise the pain would have persisted for several days until the larvae died. Most of the US cases are a Phocanema-like larvae that is usually coughed up. Most larvae, however, pass through the systen without causing any distress. Larvae in fish can be killed by smoking or cooking, and also by freezing at -20C for three days (so much for fresh fish). -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"