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There is no rapid, commercially available bedside test for ciguatoxins in fish or humans. Diagnosis is based on clinical history and the characteristic symptom pattern, especially cold allodynia. Treatment is supportive: intravenous mannitol has been used with variable success, particularly if administered early. Other measures include antihistamines for pruritus, amitriptyline or gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain, and atropine for bradycardia.

The font includes a unique feature rarely seen in OpenType fonts: a . When activated, thin, horizontal, metallic-looking lines cut across the letters — not like digital pixelation, but like the scanning lines of a faulty electron microscope observing a toxin sample. Ciguatera Font