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SantiSuk, on 2012-04-01 11:29:33, said:
my friend I, on 2012-04-01 09:31:13, said:
The liver cancer would be from excess drinking of cheap whisky. The also have health problems from laap luet.
If the som tam is too hot for you order it prea waan & ask them to not put in the crab & shrimp.
Many Isarn people have a meal of only sticky rice, a bit of gravy & a few leaves from plants they know.
If the som tam is too hot for you order it prea waan & ask them to not put in the crab & shrimp.
Many Isarn people have a meal of only sticky rice, a bit of gravy & a few leaves from plants they know.
Cancer of the bile duct, which then spreads to the liver is caused by eating raw fish that is infected with specific liver flukes. Raw fish is present in palaar, used in somtam palaar and some other naam prik's and in some laarp plaa dishes. The infection is endemic in Issaan. Everyone living in Issaan should read it up and take avoiding action:
http://en.wikipedia....Opisthorchiasis
http://www.thaivisa....le-duct-cancer/
I suffered - it was not pleasant but hopefully it was treated quickly enough for me not to get cancer in a few years time.
I can tell you that my Brother in Law died from Bile Duct / Liver Cancer. He had lived all of his far to short life
in a small village near Sakon Nakhon, he was hard working and did not consume excess quantities of cheap whisky
or any other kind for that matter. He left a 21 Year old Wife and a baby Daughter.
When my wife and I arrived back in the UK we were bothscreened for Bile Duct / Liver Cancer and also had a
consultation with a specialist in this field of medicine who informed us of the Liver Flukes and their precence in
the Raw Fish typically found in Rice Fields and in some fresh water lakes such as Nong Han.
I would urge everybody in Issan to pay attention the words of Santi Suk, pay attention to what they are eating
and to check out both of these websites as quoted above.
