Zero Resistance in front of Fermented Fish “Fesikh” may cause death
- Yara Mohamed
- 04 Jul, 2022
Warning Signs and Negative Results alter the unsafety of food, but people still resort to eating risky foods at specific seasons and festivals. Eating a smelly fermented fish “Fesikh” dish has always been a traditional celebratory norm in Egypt since ancient times, that especially correlates with “Sham El Nessim” or Easter season. However, the excess salt and wrong preservatory methods may be dangerous to the blood pressure of normal human beings and lead to disastrous health conditions that might cause death. Heidi Ahmed, a 24-year-old Egyptian citizen, said that although it has been 5 years since her father died because of a “Fesikh” meal, she could still recall what happened then. “Unlike all the previous years, it tasted bad that day, so he refused to eat at first”. “One bite was enough to take my father on a 13-day poisoning journey that ended with his death,” Ahmed went on. It all started with the father eating Fesikh in his own distinctive way and taking it from his daughter’s hand, unknowing where that bite he grabbed would lead him in a matter of days, in the Holy month of Ramadan 2017. According to Dr. Ahmed Al-Salmouni, Professor of Nutrition at Cairo University, cases of poisoning after eating spoiled "fesikh" are usually reported in the Easter season and transferred to the Poison Centre at Cairo University. Al-Salmouni said that there were warnings of the growth of a dangerous type of bacteria that secretes deadly toxins that may cause severe harm to consumers, especially children, and may increase the chances of paralysis. Respiratory, muscle, and nerve functions, may lead to death. Al-Salmouni mentioned that the reason for poisoning caused by “Fesikh” is mostly the high percentage of salts, which directly leads to high blood pressure, and works to retain water in the body, damages the membrane surrounding the heart as well as the lungs, which may cause disturbances in the performance of the heart and then there is the possibility of death as well. "Fesikh increases the effort the kidneys make to get rid of the toxins in it, if the person is healthy and does not suspect kidney disease, while the patient's life is in danger if he suffers from kidney failure, as is the case here, he becomes unable to get rid of toxins,” Al-Salmouni continued.
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