Please read: Palytoxin almost killed local reefer

[fencer]

In my own experience: acute paly poisoning has a following symptoms
1. There's a metallic acid taste Nickelback the mouth
2. Rapid vasoconstriction of the airway
3. Increased mucus production in the lungs
4. Followed by coughing and sneezing violently
All asthmatic like symptoms
This toxin is transmitted by aerosol

[fencer]

I forgot fever and chills did happen also

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by fencer

In my own experience: acute paly poisoning has a following symptoms
1. There's a metallic acid taste Nickelback the mouth
2. Rapid vasoconstriction of the airway
3. Increased mucus production in the lungs
4. Followed by coughing and sneezing violently
All asthmatic like symptoms
This toxin is transmitted by aerosol

Comparing listening to Nickelback to palytoxin poisoning eh? I would say the two are pretty comparable, you missed #5 though where the person puts on a tapout shirt and gets a severe case of "Toolosis".

Thanks for posting the article Dan it was a pretty good read! As much as I appreciate being safe around these species, the RT article like many blindly point at palytoxin without proof.

There are MILLIONS of compounds floating around in our artificial oceans, until a toxicology report is done for one of these cases we can only assume it is one of them.

[fishytime]

what I dont get is why some people have this "well its never happened to me so it cant be true" attitude......in this gentleman's case I think its probably pretty safe to assume that the palytoxin is what got him.....also safe to assume that a large percentage of doctors dont know what palytoxin is, therefore they dont diagnose the symptoms as palytoxin..... whats the big deal in making people aware that this toxin does exist and to be careful when handling zoas and palys?