{"id":107452,"date":"2021-05-21T05:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T05:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=107452"},"modified":"2022-11-13T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:17:15","slug":"shellfish-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellfish poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning. Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-21T05:26:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-13T11:17:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/\",\"name\":\"Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-21T05:26:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-13T11:17:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shellfish poisoning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning","description":"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning","og_description":"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-05-21T05:26:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-13T11:17:15+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/","name":"Shellfish poisoning - Definition of Shellfish poisoning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-21T05:26:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-13T11:17:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"A disease resulting from the consumption of shellfish that have ingested toxic algae. Shellfish poisoning manifests itself in two forms: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.Shellfish may be the cause of typhoid fever when contaminated by sewage. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxotoxin, which is present in certain planktons which, under unusual conditions, multiply rapidly, giving rise to what are known as \u2018red tides\u2019. The toxin then accumulates in mussels, cockles and scallops which feed by filtering plankton. The symptoms are loss of feeling in the hands, tingling of the tongue, weakness of the arms and legs, and difficulty in breathing.Poisoning produced when humans ingest shellfish that have fed on plankton during a red tide. There are several recognized syndromes that may result, including amnesic shellfish poisoning (marked by permanent loss of short-term memory), diarrheal shellfish poisoning, and paralytic shellfish poisoning.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/shellfish-poisoning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shellfish poisoning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192814,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107452\/revisions\/192814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}