Lung fluke: the danger of eating raw food

Lung fluke: the danger of eating raw food

Paragonimus lung fluke disease lives in the lungs. This disease can occur in humans and many mammals, cats and dogs.

Disease transmission

People and animals contract the disease by eating raw crabs and some types of freshwater shrimp. Such as waterfall stream wild crabs, and small shrimp. Which contain the infective stage of lung fluke larvae. The infective stage of the parasite larvae burrows through the wall of the small intestine into the abdominal cavity through the diaphragm and embeds itself in the lungs. It develops
into adults in a sac and lays many yellowish-brown eggs. The eggs are released with sputum and sometimes the parasite itself may be found ทางเข้า ufabet in the sputum. If the patient swallows sputum, the parasite larvae found in the feces. Eggs that contaminate water will develop in shellfish and crabs respectively.

It is a parasite with a flat body, the lower half of the body is similar to a leaf. It enters the body by eating freshwater crabs or shrimp. That are not cook properly. The parasite burrows through the intestinal wall and lodges itself in the lungs, causing lung disease, which is the origin of the name lung fluke.

symptom

  • Chest pain
  • Nausea, vomiting
  • Chronic cough
  • Stomach ache, diarrhea
  • There is blood mix with sputum.
  • Easily tired

How to prevent

  • Always eat cooked and clean food. Avoid eating undercooked freshwater shrimp and crabs.
  • Avoid spreading germs by avoiding defecating in water sources.

Foodborne trematodes target their hosts, including humans, by residing in tasty food items. Lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus are no exception. Humans like to eat crabs and crayfish, often raw or incompletely cooked