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  2. Foodborne botulism is a rare, life-threatening condition ...

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    Foodborne botulism is a potentially deadly condition that’s caused by eating food contaminated with botulinum toxin, a potent toxin that attacks the body’s nervous system.The disease is ...

  3. Botulism - Wikipedia

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    This causes paralysis. Advanced botulism can cause respiratory failure by paralysing the muscles of the chest; this can progress to respiratory arrest. [11] Furthermore, acetylcholine release from the presynaptic membranes of muscarinic nerve synapses is blocked. This can lead to a variety of autonomic signs and symptoms described above.

  4. Clostridium botulinum - Wikipedia

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    Botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and other animals, [3] and is the most potent toxin known to science, natural or synthetic, with a lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg in humans. [4] [5]

  5. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents" [3] Areca nut: betel nut Areca catechu "deterioration of psychosis in patients with preexisting psychiatric disorders"; [5] known carcinogen contributing to cancer of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus and stomach when chewed ...

  6. Hurting all over? Here are 10 Common Causes of Body Aches and ...

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    Doing the same motion repeatedly can cause muscles, ligaments, and tendons to become swollen and inflamed, which causes the ache. In addition to aches, you may notice a lack of strength and ...

  7. CDC study: Hummus tops the list of foods that sickened people

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    Salmonella was the cause of illness in two of the three largest outbreaks that year. Hummus was the top source with 802 illnesses, the CDC reported. Another Salmonella outbreak was linked to ...

  8. Botulinum toxin - Wikipedia

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    Botulinum toxin, or botulinum neurotoxin (commonly called botox), is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species. [24] It prevents the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from axon endings at the neuromuscular junction, thus causing flaccid paralysis. [25]

  9. Tourist hospitalised with botulism after eating tainted ...

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    Jubilee Pridham was partially paralyzed and having difficulty breathing when she was admitted to hospital