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Rugby player who swallowed garden slug as dare has died, 8 years after health nightmare began
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| Nov 4, 2018
| Rohan Smith | news.com.au
Posted on 11/05/2018 9:30:32 AM PST by ETL
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'Rat lungworm' explained: What to know about the parasitic roundworm
If you're considering eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes you may want to think again.
Some of these delicacies may carry "rat lungworm," a parasite that can infect critters through rodent feces.
Here's what you should know about the parasitic roundworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and how it can be avoided.
Where is the parasite found?
Rodents have the adult form, with sickened rats passing the parasite's larvae in feces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says online.
How are snails, slugs and humans infected?
Infections occur in snails and slugs when they consume the parasite's larvae, the agency says, adding that humans can end up with rat lungworm if they consume these infected delicacies when they're raw or not cooked fully. Eating frogs, crabs and freshwater shrimp that are raw or undercooked may also be an issue.
"People also can get infected by accident, by eating raw produce (such as lettuce) that contains a small snail or slug or part of one," the CDC says.
University of South Florida researchers have warned that coma and death are possible with very serious infections.
If someone's infected, however, they cannot transmit the parasite to somebody else.
Where have there been cases in the U.S.?
Humans have been infected in Hawaii, Louisiana and Texas,
University of Florida researchers said in a study published last year. The CDC points out there have rarely been cases in other states.
What sort of preventative measures can I take?
Fully wash produce and stay away from eating raw or undercooked snails and slugs or other critters that could be exposed to the parasite.
What's known about symptoms?
Nausea, headache, vomiting, a low fever and painful skin sensations are a few of the signs, the CDC says.
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:30:32 AM PST
by
ETL
"If you're considering eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes you may want to think again."
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11/05/2018 9:30:52 AM PST
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ETL
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Sam Ballard was a strapping rugby player before the devastating effects of the infection from a
garden slug.
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:32:26 AM PST
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ETL
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To: ETL
Like every other critter in Australia their slugs probably pack a dose of deadly toxins with no antidotes.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Where have there been cases in the U.S.?
Humans have been infected in Hawaii, Louisiana and Texas,
University of Florida researchers said in a study published last year. The CDC points out there have rarely been cases in other states.
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:37:18 AM PST
by
ETL
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To: ETL
The teenager from Sydneys upper north shore was having a laugh and some red wine with mates in the backyard, trying to act like grown-ups.FAIL
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:38:40 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: ETL
Years back in Ketchikan a young drunken fisherman swallowed a rough-skinned newt on a dare. The newt produces a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin and he was dead in a few hours.
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:39:13 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
To: ETL
It’s Australia......even the slugs will kill you................
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11/05/2018 9:40:01 AM PST
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Red Badger
(FNo-platform us all you want. Ban us all you want. Smear us all you want. You canÂ’t stop an idea...)
To: dainbramaged
Years back in Ketchikan a young drunken fisherman swallowed a rough-skinned newt on a dare. The newt produces a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin and he was dead in a few hours.Here is the kid from this story...
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11/05/2018 9:41:45 AM PST
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ETL
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To: ETL
That’s a very sad case. I read about him a few years back.
Teenagers are in the best shape they will ever be and often think that nothing can hurt them.
The young man is to be honest in a better place now.
At least he is not suffering now.
His mom is a hero for providing him care during most of that time. She had to learn a lot about patient care, and learn it quickly. His friends were polite enough to come see him every so often, which was very kind. Some people don’t know how to deal with having a friend who has a profound disability. Most people would just stop all contact.
To: ETL
So, it wasn’t a garden grub but a rat lungworm. I’ll tell the kitties, who enjoy bringing me grubs, not to eat rat lungworms.
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:49:12 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: lee martell
Bear Grylles from Man vs Wild eats lots of critters. I wonder if he take some kind of a preventative medicine?
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posted on
11/05/2018 9:53:13 AM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: ETL
Even in my most wasted moments would I ever think of eating anything more dangerous than pizza.
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posted on
11/05/2018 10:11:09 AM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Clutch Martin
Most folks who ‘live off the land’ know exactly what they’re eating. Well more exactly than the average person does.
Accidents still happen. Every year I hear of a family that went out picking mushrooms and chooses some version of the Death Cap.
Then the whole family is in the hospital, either comatose or awake while awaiting their liver transplants.
For me, the Super Market provides enough ‘wilderness’ for me.
This boy was in a coma for about 440 days before he awoke with permanent brain damage. The mother probably should habe let him go during that coma, but then, that is easy for me to say.
I was not related to him. I understand that.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Nope. Rat lungworms are worldwide. Never eat a (land or freshwater) mollusc without cooking it. Same goes for crustaceans. More than a few people have gotten rat lungworm from eating raw crawfish.
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posted on
11/05/2018 10:46:25 AM PST
by
Campion
((marine dad))
To: Campion
problem is people eat salads everyday- and slugs crawl on raw produce all the time- people in Hawaii were getting rat lung worm just from eating salads
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posted on
11/05/2018 11:05:52 AM PST
by
Bob434
To: ETL
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posted on
11/05/2018 11:09:11 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I have one issue and it's my ecxonomic well-being.)
To: Campion
You may (or may also) be referring to the LUNG FLUKE, whose cycle includes time in crayfish. NEVER, NEVER eat any arthropods that are not completely cooked. We used to eat grass shrimp raw when I was a kid... Stupid!
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posted on
11/05/2018 12:03:37 PM PST
by
golux
To: lee martell
For me, the Super Market provides enough wilderness for me.
You're telling me! I used to shop at a Safeway in Anacostia.
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posted on
11/05/2018 12:05:10 PM PST
by
golux
To: ETL
Horrifying disease. About as bad as a combination of a stroke and peripheral neuropathy.
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posted on
11/05/2018 12:28:24 PM PST
by
353FMG
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