Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning: Difference between revisions
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==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
*Based on symptoms and history of ingesting shellfish or proximity to red tide | |||
*If ingested | |||
**Similar to [[ciguatera]] | |||
**GI symptoms - vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping; usually within 30 minutes to 3 hours of ingestion | |||
**Neurologic symptoms - parethesias, dizziness, ataxia. Can also see hot/cold temperature sensation reversal | |||
*If inhaled | |||
**Upper respiratory tract irritation, rhinorrhea, bronchoconstriction | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 22:49, 6 January 2016
Background
- Associated with red tide
- Seen in Southeast US, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, New Zealand
- Caused by brevetoxins secreted by dinoflagellates during algal blooms, which are then ingested by shellfish and/or aerosolized
Diagnosis
- Based on symptoms and history of ingesting shellfish or proximity to red tide
- If ingested
- Similar to ciguatera
- GI symptoms - vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping; usually within 30 minutes to 3 hours of ingestion
- Neurologic symptoms - parethesias, dizziness, ataxia. Can also see hot/cold temperature sensation reversal
- If inhaled
- Upper respiratory tract irritation, rhinorrhea, bronchoconstriction
Differential Diagnosis
Marine toxins, envenomations, and bites
- Toxins
- Ciguatera
- Scombroid
- Tetrodotoxin (e.g. pufferfish)
- Shellfish poisoning
- Amnesic shellfish poisoning
- Diarrheal shellfish poisoning
- Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
- Paralytic shellfish poisoning
- Stingers
- Venomous fish
- Cone shell
- Lionfish
- Sea urchins
- Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
- Stonefish
- Other: Catfish, zebrafish, scorpion fish
- Nematocysts
- Coral reef
- Fire coral
- Jellyfish (Cnidaria)
- Portuguese man-of-war
- Sea anemones
- Seabather's eruption
- Phylum porifera (sponges)
- Bites
- Infections
Treatment
- Symptomatic