Self-Diagnosis Table

Exposure	Timing	Acute Symptoms (Minutes - Days)	Chronic Symptoms (Weeks - Months)	Diseases
Shellfish (Delicious, no bad taste)	Minutes to Hours*	Gastrointestinal vomiting diarrhea abdominal pain Respiratory shortness of breath Cardiovascular arrythmias high blood pressure low blood pressure Neurologic paresthesias (hot/cold reversal) burning in teeth or extremities seizures	Neurologic memory loss	ASP DSP NSP PSP
Exposure	Timing	Acute Symptoms (Minutes - Days)	Chronic Symptoms (Weeks - Months)	Diseases
Fish (Delicious, no bad taste)	Minutes to Hours*	Gastrointestinal vomiting diarrhea abdominal pain Respiratory shortness of breath Cardiovascular arrythmias high blood pressure low blood pressure Neurologic paresthesias (hot/cold reversal) burning in teeth or extremities seizures	Neurologic memory loss	Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Fugu
Exposure	Timing	Acute Symptoms (Minutes - Days)	Chronic Symptoms (Weeks - Months)	Diseases
Aerosolized Water (with organisms and/or toxins)	Minutes to Hours*	Respiratory shortness of breath runny nose cough Eyes running itching Skin rash itching Liver hepatitis	Respiratory shortness of breath flu-like symptoms pneumonia Liver hepatitis	Aerosolized Red Tide (brevetoxins) Blue-green Algae (Cyanobacteria) Pfiesteria
Exposure	Timing	Acute Symptoms (Minutes - Days)	Chronic Symptoms (Weeks - Months)	Diseases
Drinking Water (with organisms and/or toxins)	Minutes to Hours*	Gastrointestinal vomiting diarrhea abdominal pain Skin rash itching Liver hepatitis	Liver hepatitis	Blue-green Algae (Cyanobacteria)
Table 1. Exposure, Timing, and Symptom Profile of the Marine and Freshwater Diseases * symptoms usually occur within 24 hours