The puffer fish is safe to eat as long as it is handled properly. If not handled properly, it can lead to death by poisoning.

Already eaten puffer fish of unknown safety is recommended to call 120 emergency immediately hospitalized for observation.

The toxins of puffer_ are mainly found in the ovaries and liver, followed by kidneys, blood, eyes, gills and skin; while the spermathecae and muscles are non-toxic. If the fish is dead for a long time, visceral toxins dissolved in body fluids will be able to gradually seep into the muscle. The amount of toxin often varies from season to season. February to May each year for the ovary development period, the toxicity is strong; June to July after spawning, the ovary degradation, toxicity is weakened. The liver is also the most toxic in the spring spawning period. Therefore, whenever the late spring and early summer fresh food river _ fish, should be particularly cautious, must choose fresh fish body, strictly remove the viscera, in order to avoid poisoning.

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Toxicity Clinical Symptoms

Intubation period of 0.5-3 hours. hours, first appear digestive symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, followed by sensory and motor dysfunction, lips, tongue, limbs and general numbness, limb weakness. Eyelids do not droop, ****ji disorders, hoarseness, heavy respiratory distress, cardiac arrhythmia and conduction block, coma; and finally respiratory and circulatory failure, river _ toxin in the human body detoxification and excretion of the faster, if the person did not die after 8 hours more than can be recovered.

River _, for the bony fish class _ family of fish collectively, commonly known as puffer fish. (Note: There is an error in the call for pufferfish, but it is widely used and pufferfish can also refer to a freshwater mammal.) Since ancient times, the puffer fish eaten in China has been found in rivers, and is named "puffer fish" because of the chirping sound it makes when it is caught out of the water, which is similar to the sound of a pig's squeal. There are also "bubble fish", "blowing belly fish", "puffer fish", "puffer fish", "air drum fish "(Jiangsu, Zhejiang), "good fish, chicken bubble" (Guangdong), "chicken hold" (Guangdong), "turtle fish" (Guangxi), Street Fish" (pronounced in Minnanhua) (Fujian), "Wax Head" (Hebei), "Boat_Fish", etc. In ancient times, it was called "Lung Fish". In ancient times, it was called "lung fish".