But as aspiring chefs take a knife to the beloved avocado, doctors warn that the risk of serious injury is likely to go up. In fact, 50,413 avocado-related knife injuries occurred from 1998 to 2017, with the majority of incidents falling into the years after 2013, according to Emory University researchers. Injuries can result in long-term nerve damage or other lasting issues depending on where the knife cuts. “This numbness will persist if nerve injury is left untreated, and a good number of patients with this type of nerve injury can also develop a painful neuroma at the site of the nerve injury, so both numbness and pain can coexist. “There may always be a debate about the ‘correct’ way to remove a pit,” Ducic said.

Source: Fox News February 01, 2020 09:56 UTC