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A short list of some of the unique food poisonings and the toxicologic effects:
- Ciguatera toxin (fish): hot-cold sensation reversal
- Tetrodotoxin (fugu, puffer fish): paresthesias progressing to paralysis and dysrythmias
- Scrombroid (spoiled fish): flushed face due to histamine ingestion
- Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (mussels, clams, etc): acts like curare, toxin is saxitoxin
- Amnestic shellfish poisoning (mussels): exactly what it says, loss of memory - very cool