article_snippet: The tingling is only the first symptom of tetrodotoxin poisoning, and is seen as part of the thrill for lovers of the fish.
article_snippet: But if the toxin is served in any significant quantity it then paralyses the muscles, suffocating victims as the toxin is served in any significant quantity it reaches victims chests and diaphragms while victims are still conscious.
article_snippet: Government figures show 30 to 50 people are hospitalised every year, with a few of those cases leading to death.
highlights_snippet: Men in their 40s and 50s fell ill the next morning with breathing difficulties and vomiting .
  