I Don't Like Anything That Much
Today at work, we managed to work around to my least favorite subject...Sushi. Cold, nasty, raw, and parasite ridden Sushi. How can anyone eat it? Once man discovered fire, Sushi should have went bye-bye. The list of Sushi related infections is not very long. Some people mistakenly think a short list means a small risk of infections. That's wrong. Some of the longest nematodes on record came from the guts of humans who ate Sushi and Sashimi. The picture on the left is from a Sushi borne infection called Anisakiasis, the most common Shushi related parasitic infection.
To the right is the lovely Diphyllibothrium Latum
aka Liver Fluke. This is common is people who eat fresh water Sushi. Yummy for my tummy! People who contract this beautiful specimen are at high risk for death. A nasty complication, don't you think?
So, as for me, I will wash, rinse, and cook the hell out of my food. I don't wish to add the title "host" to my list of credentials.
Have a lovely dinner!
posted by mariemon at 8:04 PM
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On a related note: I have been waiting for tape worms (tapus wormus intestinitis) to become the next big diet craze. In fact I shouldn't wait for the fad to come to me. I could go ahead and copyright a catchy name for the product. Something like "Metabotape" or "Slim 'Site". I should also go ahead and start garnering celebrity endorsements. So much to do.
jt said...
-> I have been waiting for tape worms (tapus wormus intestinitis) to become the next big diet craze.<-
Actually, and I really wish I could find some articles about it, but back in the early 90's there WAS a dietician who was incarcerated for that very thing. Turns out he had developed a 'miracle' process for weight loss. He gave you some pills that started the weight loss process and later he would perform a 'mild operation' to end the process.
Turns out, he was placing very young tapeworms in gelcaps which were the pills. The operation was to remove the tapeworm without the patient finding out. Worked beautifully until one patient accidentally expunged their tapeworm during a BM and saw what had been done to them.
Gross, but funny. Actually, I suppose my inability to find documentation on this is kinda telling, but Snopes.com still has this scenario listed as Undetermined, so it's plausible, scarily enough.
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