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Chinese sushi-lover infected with multiple tapeworms after eating raw fish delicacy


If you’re thinking about tucking into a plate of sushi for lunch, this story could have your

reaching for the cheese sandwich instead.

A Chinese man was left riddled with tapeworms after enjoying too much sashimi

a Japanese delicacy consisting of slices of raw meat or fish.

The man went to his doctor in eastern China’s Guangdong province complaining

of a stomach ache and itchy skin, the Daily Mail reported.

A series of X-Rays taken at the Guangzhou No. 8 People's Hospital revealed that

his entire body had been infected by the parasite.

Tapeworms are able to live inside a person’s small intestine and can be contracted
by eating raw or under-c-o-o-k-e-d freshwater fish, such as salmon, which has been

contaminated by cysts containing diphyllobothrium larvae.


Complications can arise when these cysts settle outside of the intestines, including
in the liver and brain, leading to a condition called cysticercosis. The cysts can then
become infected by bacteria; if they burst this can result in a severe and potentially
life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis.

Writing in the journal Canadian Family Physician, Nancy Craig said that freezing
fish before it is served ensures that any larvae present are killed.

She added that although cases of tapeworm have decreased in previously endemic
areas due to improvements in sewage treatment processes, there have been more

reported cases in parts of the developed world, "presumably owing to increased

consumption of raw fish".