Alaskan Salmon Contains Worms, Larvae According To Scientists
Scientists warn the public that salmon caught on the Pacific coast could be possibly contaminated by tapeworms, which may cause different types of diseases.
Most of us love to eat salmon due to its unique, tasty, and delicious taste. This mouth-watering fish is a little bit expensive contained to other fish but it is one of the most eaten types of fish. Salmon were widely available in different markets all around the world.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monthly journal Emerging Infectious Diseases published a study stating that scientists found Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense of Japanese tapeworm in Alaskan wild salmon.
This wild salmon caught on the Pacific coast could possibly contain worms and larvae, which can cause numerous diseases and may put our life at stake. These worms could not be killed by transporting it with ice but they can be killed by freezing the salmon.
Tapeworms were responsible for the 2, 000 tapeworm infections in South Korea, Pacific Coast of Russia, and Japan on 1986 outbreak. The infected people suffers abdominal discomfort, weight loss, nausea, loose stool, and even intestinal obstruction.
“The reason you know you have tapeworms is you look in your stool and you find bits of tapeworm floating in the water,” said by Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine quoted by Delish.
This is one of the methods to know if you have a tapeworm. It might be unpleasant but taking a sample of stool with worm and taking it to the doctor immediately can help you a lot in treating tapeworm.
CDC advised the public to freeze the salmon until it gets frozen and cook it well under 145 degrees’ Fahrenheit to completely kill the worms and avoid any infections, according to Patrick Okolo, chief of gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
