had raw fish at 5 month pregnancy

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I wonder if eating the raw fish will have any chances to cause Toxoplasmosis?

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Anxious

At Wed, 31 Jan 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote:
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>At Tue, 30 Jan 2001, anxious wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>
>>     I had raw fish, like the Japanese food, sushi four days
>>ago, and I am in almost 5 months pregnancy now. I am very
>>anxious to know if it is safe to have such kind of food.
>>If it is not, what kind of test should I have to do to see
>>if there is any infection on my baby?
>>
>>  Thank you very much for your advice.
>>
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>>  anxious
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>The Japanese eat raw fish throughout their pregnancies without incident.
>It is very unlikely that you could get a problem for this, as long as
>you were using a reputable restaurant and chef.  The concern is the
>extremely rare infectious agent.  The issues that have been in the press
>lately about mercury and so on are not different for raw or cooked fish.
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>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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>This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute
>for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.
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