Posted on 06/27/2019 3:58:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A combination of cocaine and toxic pufferfish liver sent a Florida man to the emergency room, according to a new case report.
The liver from a pufferfish, also known as fugu, is considered a delicacy in Japan. But eating it is risky, as the fish's liver contains a high concentration of a deadly poison known as tetrodotoxin (TTX), which causes paralysis if ingested.
The 43-year-old man's case was more complex than a typical fugu-eater's, however. Over the past few days, he had ingested cocaine and eaten canned foods, which made his physicians wonder whether foodborne botulism was at play, too.
The man had high blood pressure (possibly from his cocaine use) and chronic kidney disease, the doctors noted. When he came to the ER, the man was not in good shape; he was throwing up, had weakness and difficulty speaking, and said that he had stomach pain, tearing chest pain and numb legs.
The man's grandmother, who had also nibbled on the pufferfish, came with him to the hospital. But because her fugu portion had been smaller, she had fewer symptoms: dizziness and leg weakness, the doctors said.
Health care workers immediately gave the man medication to lower his high blood pressure and intubated him so that he would be able to breathe if the TTX paralyzed his breathing muscles. In case he had botulism, they also gave him botulinum antitoxin, the doctors reported.
Horowitz added that the man's kidney dialysis likely wasn't caused by the TTX or the suspected botulism. Rather, the culprit was probably the cocaine, which can cause blood pressure to spike.
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Hoping we didn’t pay for his hospital stay.
Best cocaine song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq344ks1ieg
Makes no sense? Nothing on coke does...
Bet I could sell him swamp land in Arizona.
This headline sounds like the Democrat debate...
The Simpsons go to a new Sushi bar, where Homer takes a liking to the food and decides to try Fugu, which is poisonous if not cut properly. Homer’s fugu is not, and he is taken to the hospital where he is told he has 22 hours to live. Homer makes a list of things he wants to do, and spends his last day making amends with Grampa and talking to his children. Homer accepts his fate, but it turns out that he was not poisoned after all and vows to live life to its fullest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgnNUBi1qo
if I had a dollar for every time I had Fugu and a line of coke, I’d be broke.
I’m thinking I would have had to have done coke to be interested in trying fugu.
I’m thinking I would have had to have done coke to be interested in trying fugu.
Why did I imagine it could have been about Bill Clinton....?
LMAO!!!
Living all the way out on that ledge.
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