Puffer fish poisoning is a common seafood poisoning.The problem is due to tetradotoxin in puffy fish meat.It can be seen in many countries with seacoasts.The problem is resulted from tetradotoxin(TTX)in puffer fish me...Puffer fish poisoning is a common seafood poisoning.The problem is due to tetradotoxin in puffy fish meat.It can be seen in many countries with seacoasts.The problem is resulted from tetradotoxin(TTX)in puffer fish meat.This toxin is an important natural toxin.Here,the authors report summary of case reports from Thailand.The authors use standard search engines(PubMed and Thai Index Medicus)for searching on the reports on puffer fish poisoning from Thailand.According to this work,there are at least 3 reports on 55 cases of puffer fish poisoning.All cases visit to the physician within 30 min.Focusing on severity,stage 1,2,3 and 4 can be seen in 16%,8%,4%and 72%,respectively.In the present report,the summary of the cases presenting to the physician at hospital is shown.Of interest,most patients have severe intoxication and the respirator failure is an important problem to be managed.It is clearly shown in the present report that if good respiratory support is done,the full recovery without problem can be derived.It is no doubt that there is no death case in the present series since the present report focuses on the cases that are successfully delivered to the hospital for management.展开更多
文摘Puffer fish poisoning is a common seafood poisoning.The problem is due to tetradotoxin in puffy fish meat.It can be seen in many countries with seacoasts.The problem is resulted from tetradotoxin(TTX)in puffer fish meat.This toxin is an important natural toxin.Here,the authors report summary of case reports from Thailand.The authors use standard search engines(PubMed and Thai Index Medicus)for searching on the reports on puffer fish poisoning from Thailand.According to this work,there are at least 3 reports on 55 cases of puffer fish poisoning.All cases visit to the physician within 30 min.Focusing on severity,stage 1,2,3 and 4 can be seen in 16%,8%,4%and 72%,respectively.In the present report,the summary of the cases presenting to the physician at hospital is shown.Of interest,most patients have severe intoxication and the respirator failure is an important problem to be managed.It is clearly shown in the present report that if good respiratory support is done,the full recovery without problem can be derived.It is no doubt that there is no death case in the present series since the present report focuses on the cases that are successfully delivered to the hospital for management.
