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Scombroid Food Poisoning

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spoiled fish from Scombroidae family of fish (e.g. tuna)
if not kept cold enough, their flesh develops “scombrotoxins” due to the bacterial breakdown of histidine into histamine etc…
clinical:   acute (hours) flushing, urticaria, angioedema
treatment: anti-histamines