Man eats sushi, tapeword takes over, in China
Ewwww! This is the one thing that makes me scared about eating this favorite food!
Sushi is a staple meal for thousands, but for one man, it nearly ended his life after worms took over his body.
An x-ray revealed the Chinese man’s insides were crawling with tapeworm parasites because the raw fish he ate had been contaminated.
The man from Guangdong province had earlier gone to a hospital complaining of stomach pains, before the horrific find.
Doctors believe some of the uncooked fish was to blame.
Wikipedia describes tapeworm as “the infection of the digestive tract by adult parasitic flatworms called cestodes or tapeworms.
“Live tapeworm larvae (coenuri) are sometimes ingested by consuming undercooked food. Once inside the digestive tract, a larva can grow into a very large adult tapeworm.”
This type of infection is life-threatening once it reaches the brain.
Luckily, doctors at the Guangzhou No. 8 People’s Hospital were able to save the man.
Source AP
This is such an important article! You must eat fresh fish! Farm raised fish is also quite harmful to your health and so many Sushi Restaurants use it because it is much cheaper. Stay away from sushi establishments that do not rank in Zagat’s or other restaurant reviews. Excellent sushi restaurants in NYC include Choshi, Haru, Nobu, Sushi Samba and many others. Those are my absolute faves though! Be extra careful with the takeout sushi places!
Inchworm
The worms belong outside in nature, not in your tummy! 🙁
This is such an important article! You must eat fresh fish! Farm raised fish is also quite harmful to your health and so many Sushi Restaurants use it because it is much cheaper. Stay away from sushi establishments that do not rank in Zagat’s or other restaurant reviews. Excellent sushi restaurants in NYC include Choshi, Haru, Nobu, Sushi Samba and many others. Those are my absolute faves though! Be extra careful with the takeout sushi places!
Pulling mussels from a shell
A FISH CALLED WANDA
Kevin Kline is hilarious as usual in this great flick! 🙂