Tetrodotoxin poisoning investigated in Hong Kong, public warned about eating puffer fish
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1RC5Q)
Hong Kong health officials are investigating a suspected case of puffer fish poisoning in a 67-year-old man. The patient developed dizziness, paraesthesia, peri-oral and finger numbness, nausea and vomiting about three hours after consuming a dried puffer fish for dinner at home on August 19. He attended the Accident and Emergency Department of the United Christian Hospital on ["]