X-ray shows why single bite of popular Thai dish can give you liver cancer

It’s a dangerous dish when not prepared safely

In the Thai provinces of Khon Kaen and Isaan there’s a popular but potentially deadly dish which can result in a person developing fatal liver cancer with just one bite.

Known as koi pla, it’s a plate of minced raw fish mixed with herbs, spices and lemon juice.

Unfortunately, the raw fish can be full of parasitic creatures which can give people liver cancer.

According to the BBC, the regions of Thailand where koi pla is popular have abnormally high levels of liver cancer and that studies of the disease found that in some communities up to 80 percent of people had the parasites that could lead to it, though the cancer didn’t usually develop until after the host was 50.

X-rays of patients show the impact that eating koi pla has had on the bodies of patients and how it can end up killing them.

In some cases children as young as four years old had the parasites.