Can eating puffer fish be poisoned?

The toxicity of puffer fish is caused by tetrodotoxin in puffer fish.

Pufferfish poisoning is no joke. In severe cases, it can lead to dyspnea and often die within a few hours. Don't eat.

Every year from March to April, it is the spawning season of puffer fish. At this time, puffer fish has high subcutaneous fat content and delicious meat, which is also the most poisonous season for puffer fish. The toxicity of puffer fish is caused by tetrodotoxin in puffer fish. Tetrodotoxin is one of the most toxic non-protein substances found in nature and belongs to a neurotoxin. Its toxicity is equivalent to 1.250 times of the highly toxic drug sodium cyanide, and it can kill people with only 0.48 mg.

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