Can I eat crabs when I am seven months pregnant?

When you are seven months pregnant, you should pay more attention to your daily diet. The food you consume must be able to nourish your body and be beneficial to production. You must not eat anything that may harm your body and the fetus in your womb. Foods like crabs can cause miscarriage, so it is best not to eat this kind of food during the entire pregnancy.

Studies have found that the infection rate and degree of lung fluke - the larval metacercariae of the long-legged crab are very high. Lung fluke parasitizes in the lungs, irritating or destroying lung tissue, causing coughing and even hemoptysis. If it invades the brain, it will cause paralysis. According to experts, if crabs are eaten after being slightly heated, the infection rate of lung fluke is 20%. If they are eaten pickled crabs or drunken crabs, the infection rate of lung fluke is as high as 55%. If crabs are eaten raw, the infection rate of lung fluke is as high as 71%.

The metacercariae of Paragonimiasis are very resistant and generally need to be soaked in 55°C water for 30 minutes or pickled in 20% salt water for 48 hours to be killed. Eating crabs raw may also cause infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus. If a large number of Vibrio parahaemolyticus invade the human body, it will cause infectious poisoning, showing symptoms such as intestinal inflammation, edema, and congestion.

Pregnant women cannot eat crabs, and should not eat crabs during the entire pregnancy period.

Crab meat is delicious and nutritious. It contains a lot of protein and fat, and more calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and other substances. Every 500 grams of crab contains 49.6 grams of protein, 9.3 grams of fat, 27.2 grams of carbohydrates, 1.088 milligrams of phosphorus, 33.6 milligrams of iron and an appropriate amount of vitamin A. It is both a tonic and a delicacy, very popular among people and often the main dish at wedding banquets. But it is not suitable for pregnant women.

Crabs are not only delicious but also can be used as medicine. Common ones include hairy crabs, hairy crabs, sea crabs, lake crabs, river crabs, and river crabs. Crabs are mainly used for food, while river crabs are mostly used for medicinal purposes. "Zhenzhunang Buyi Yaoxing Fu" says that crabs can cause heat in the chest, their yellow can turn lacquer into water, and their claws can break blood and induce abortion. It is recorded in "Leigong Paozhi Medicinal Properties Explanation" that crab can disperse blood and break up lumps, replenish qi and nourish essence, and eliminate chest heat and depression. Mashing and applying lacquer sores can treat bruises, broken tendons and bones, blood stasis and swelling, as well as abdominal pain caused by blood stasis after childbirth, difficult labor, and retained placenta. 60 grams of crab claws, supplemented with rice wine, add water and boil together, then add donkey-hide gelatin, which is the medicine for inducing labor.

In view of the above medicinal properties, pregnant women should not eat too many crabs. If you breastfeed your baby during the confinement period, it may also affect the baby. Pregnant women with habitual miscarriage should avoid it.