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Pastimes : Pray for Edwarda.
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To: cgraham who wrote (400)6/18/2000 6:15:00 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!  Read Replies (2) of 1576
 
cgraham,

It seems that clams and other true shellfish (oysters, mussels, winkles)can carry a disease that is potentially fatal to humans.

More than likely what you are referring to is an acute form of infectious hepatitis, which is a viral disease of the liver. Blindness would likely be an extremely rare complication. While in the Army, I saw many hepatitis patients, mostly suffering from serum hepatitis (hepatitis likely caused by sharing contaminated intravenous drugs and paraphernalia), and a few cases of infectious hepatitis, caused by eating contaminated shellfish (mostly in Asian countries, in particular Viet Nam).

Edwarda's symptoms would not be compatible with hepatitis in my opinion.

KJC
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