Enjoy that sushi!

[Linflas]

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!
Sushi warning as patient found with live worms writhing in gut

In the latest incident a 32-year-old Portuguese man was left in agony for a week after eating slices of raw fish from a Japanese restaurant.

When doctors put an endoscope - a long tube with a camera - down his throat they found a mass of writhing white larvae burrowing into his gut lining. After the worms were cleared out using a special kind of retrieval net, the man’s symptoms quickly cleared up.[/quote}

 

[Cappuccino]

This is old news... like very very old. Love how the media is milking stuff like this.

 

[AdamK47]

Old news can make for easy click-bait when it's presented as new.

 

[Ns1]

meh. worms can be found in pork too and nobody seems to give a shit about that.

 

[Linflas]

meh. worms can be found in pork too and nobody seems to give a shit about that.

I'm pretty sure eating raw pork isn't a common practice.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Just had sushi for lunch Yum!

 

[WelshBloke]

Worms and parasites are incredibly common in fish.

If you eat fish you're definitely going to be eating a few worms.

If you eat raw, unfrozen fish you're going to be eating live worms and viable eggs.

I'll post some videos if you like?

 

[Ns1]

I'm pretty sure eating raw pork isn't a common practice.

and yet

Worldwide about 10,000 infections occur a year.[6] At least 55 countries including the United States, China, Argentina, and Russia have had recently documented cases.

 

[BW86]

I'm having sushi tonight - more worms more protein right?

 

[shortylickens]

OH MY GOD!
Thats CRAZY!
Who would have thought consuming raw fish could be so risky?

 

[shortylickens]

 

[Crono]

Pic of worm:

 

[Ruptga]

and yet

*Worldwide*

So how common is trichinosis in countries with actual public health systems? I'm seeing 20 cases in the USA per year, in a country of ~320 million that's practically an infection rate of zero.

 

[Zeze]

I thought all sushi, at least in US, are frozen to kill parasites.

 

[John Connor]

I don't know how people can eat that garbage. I know full well that it may have parasites. Why would you risk having this in your guts?

 

[smackababy]

Did someone say sushi? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BHQQ4L92-0

 

[kage69]

I gave it up.

Between the heavy metals and the parasite worry, no thanks.

 

[pcgeek11]

People will eat anything: Warning this is pretty gross, people eating live things...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rhF6eSOCb8

 

[WelshBloke]

I don't know how people can eat that garbage.

Because sushi tastes fantastic?

I know full well that it may have parasites. Why would you risk having this in your guts?

That's a lamprey, I'd totally risk having it in my guts. In fact I'd pay for the privilege, it's a delicacy not a parasite.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Eating raw seafood is always a risky venture.