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Rare Disease Linked to Fish From Niles Market

Haff disease affects the skeletal muscles but is rarely fatal.

A toxin that causes a rare disease has been linked to buffalo fish sold at Niles' Fresh Farms International Market, at 5740 W. Touhy Ave., according to the Daily Herald.

Two people who ate the fish went to the hospital with suspected cases of Haff disease, which affects your skeletal muscles, but is rarely fatal, the article states.


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