It is often said that revenge is served on a cold plate. But let’s see how cold it is raw usually not a good idea. And if not, then tell 39 year old man from the city Zhejiangin China, who ended up in the hospital for eating a live crab, supposedly to avenge his daughter.
The story begins with a man in the emergency room suffering from severe pain in the abdomen, chest, and back. It was, of course, a rare medical case. Toilets immediately asked him for some unusual dish which could cause allergies. However, he did not remember taking anything out of the ordinary. It was his wife who remembered that a few months ago he ate a live crab as revenge for cutting his daughter with pliers while they were playing in the river.
For him, this may have been a punishment against an animal that was really only defending itself by feeling attacked in its habitat. But the truth is that, if you look closely, the avenger also did not come out very well. Now what can happen to you if you eat live crab?
Revenge on the crab went wrong
Tests performed on the patient showed that he had liver injury, as well as in other parts of your digestive system. Everything corresponded to the possible reaction that developed after the bite of a live crab. But why?
Additional testing was required to confirm that he had been infected with the virus. three parasites characteristic of these crustaceans. Since no research on the case has been published so far, and the only data available comes from the mainstream Chinese media, it is not known exactly what the parasites were.
However, we can get an idea by taking into account which of them are most often found in the body of crabs. For example, they most likely belonged to the genus Paragonimus. Near flatworms which parasitize mainly crustaceans such as crayfish but can also infect mammals such as humans. However, they mainly affect lungs, with symptoms such as chest pain, dry cough and fever. But they can also cause digestive symptoms and damage the liver. Therefore, this was consistent with the symptoms of a Chinese patient who had liver damage and severe chest pain.
Also, the incident happened in a stream next to a river, so that could fit the location as well. Now there are other parasites, such as barnacles. sacculinathat affect crabs in other habitats. It lives in the sea and, in its larval state, attaches itself to crabs and continues to develop inside them. Mainly parasitic on green crab (carcinnus maenases), which is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, it would not be appropriate for this person’s situation.
A problem that disappears when cooking
Be that as it may, one thing is clear: these and other parasites cannot withstand high temperatures. Consequently, if the crab is cooked before consuming it, there should be no problem.
True, the main character of this story at first was not going to eat it, but simply punished it, which is even more insane. But, nevertheless, he put it alive in his mouth and bit him. This will be enough for the parasites to enter your body. In fact, we have already seen that this is sufficient for zoonosis. That is, the transfer of diseases from animals to humans. But in addition, it seems that he also swallowed it, making the situation even worse. He lived to tell the story, but it would still take some Medical Reviews.
We should have learned something from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it looks like we don’t. So here’s the advice we never thought to give: Don’t bite or eat live crabs, even as a punishment.
Source: Hiper Textual
