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KOTA KINABALU: Five cases of puffer fish toxin poisoning have been detected in Sabah over the past two weeks, says the Sabah Health Department director, Dr Maria Suleiman.
She said all patients reported symptoms of dizziness, vomiting, diarrhoea, numbness in hands and feet, and difficulty breathing after eating the puffer fish that they bought at a local market and cooked at home. Puffer is a species of fish that contains nerve toxins known as tetrodotoxin , which is also found in some marine species like horseshoe crabs and sea snails , as well as other amphibians such as frogs.
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