There are many kinds of fish-borne parasites in sliced raw fish, such as Schistosoma oryzae, and infection with Schistosoma oryzae can lead to necrosis of liver cells, inducing liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

According to Lin Jinxiang, vice chairman of the Parasitic Disease Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health, it is easy to get infected with the parasitic worms, such as S. oryzae, which are parasites of the gallbladder after entering the human body, and cause inflammation of the gallbladder and bile ducts to block, which can necrosis of the liver cells and induce cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer.

Consumption of raw fish can also lead to parasitic infections such as Trematoda anomalosa, Trematoda echinococcus, and Trematoda orientalis. Consumption of raw fish is mainly in the coastal areas of Guangdong, due to the consumption of raw fish infected with the Chinese branch of the testicular fluke cases have risen sharply.

It is reported that consumption of raw fish and undercooked fish can also be infected with jawbone nematode disease. The jawed nematode enters the body and migrates around the skin and internal organs, causing fever and localized lumps, and burrowing into the organs can cause serious lesions. Cases of jawworm infection have more than tripled nationwide.

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Diseases caused by raw fish

Sashimi is delicious, but epidemic prevention experts warned that raw fish parasites have a variety of fish-borne parasites, such as the Chinese testicular fluke; the main diseases that can be caused by the Chinese testicular fluke parasitosis, nematodes in the jaws, schistosomiasis, and cestode worms in fish.

Expert advice

Experts said, many people think that eating raw fish, seafood, etc. dipped in mustard can kill all kinds of insects, play a preventive role, in fact, it is not, mustard can be disinfected, but can not kill parasites.

For the problem of parasites on fish, Professor Alexander Bronstein of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences said that both freshwater and saltwater fish carry parasites on their bodies, so when people consume large quantities of raw fish without proper disinfection, the body is very susceptible to infection by fish parasites.

Health experts suggest that when people eat fish, it is best to cook it, and if you like eating raw fish very much, then you should freeze it beforehand to about minus 4 degrees Celsius for low-temperature disinfection, so that fish parasites will be frozen to death, which will make it safer and more hygienic for people to eat raw fish.

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