paralytic shellfish poisoning
- paralytic shellfish poisoning
paralytic shell·fish poisoning -'shel-.fish- n food poisoning that results from consumption of shellfish and esp. 2-shelled mollusks (as clams, mussels, or scallops) contaminated with dinoflagellates causing red tide and that is characterized by paresthesia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, muscle weakness, and sometimes paralysis which may lead to respiratory failure
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a severe type of shellfish poisoning caused by ingestion of bivalve mollusks that are contaminated with dinoflagellates containing saxitoxin, such as species of Gonyaulax and related genera. Symptoms include paresthesias of the face and limbs, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and sometimes muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure that can be fatal.
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