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'Rat lungworm' explained: What to know about the parasitic roundworm
FoxNews.com/Science ^
| Aug 1, 2018 - Update Nov 5, 2018
| Zoe Szathmary | Fox News
Posted on 11/05/2018 7:07:48 AM PST by ETL
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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If you're considering eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes you may want to think again.
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:07:48 AM PST
by
ETL
To: ETL
Based on how you get it, I can safely that I have nothing to worry about.
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:09:30 AM PST
by
albie
To: ETL
snails, slugs or centipedes-——It’s what’s for dinner!
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:09:42 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: ETL
Dont eat snails or critters that eat rat $h!t.
GOT IT!
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:11:16 AM PST
by
Delta 21
To: ETL
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:11:52 AM PST
by
W.
(Just start shooting the bastards!)
To: ETL
“What to know about the parasitic roundworm”
Rule #1 don’t eat ‘em.
Rule #2 see rule #1
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:14:20 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: ETL
“If you’re considering eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes”
I always understood there was a good reason why some animals didn’t make it to the Kosher list.
To: ETL
Also,dont take dare bets from your Soccer buds when your trashed on red wine
To: albie
Eating frogs, crabs and freshwater shrimp that are raw or undercooked may also be an issue. Wonder if that would also apply to lobster.
Their legal department likely deleted the few words on what would constitute adequate cooking of shrimp.
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:34:53 AM PST
by
frog in a pot
(We will survive as a nation - but only if we bravely and effectively defend the Constitution.)
To: ETL
Centipedes over 10cm Pinglist!
To: frog in a pot
Re: “Eating frogs, crabs and freshwater shrimp that are raw or undercooked may also be an issue.”
No worries, as long as you put the “frog in a pot” and cook it.
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:37:45 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
The snail eating the meal worm is adorable...
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:39:15 AM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it")
To: ETL
Don’t eat French cuisine?
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posted on
11/05/2018 7:42:59 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: ETL
Ouch!
I prefer to think that when the water gets to a certain temp it will induce the frog to jump - which they do very well.
Ever been confronted by a pissed-off frog? If not, consider yourself lucky.(snort)
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11/05/2018 7:47:47 AM PST
by
frog in a pot
(We will survive as a nation - but only if we bravely and effectively defend the Constitution.)
To: Jamestown1630
To: MomwithHope
Yeah. You don’t really think of them as having eyes, mouth, or much cognition at all. The clip made me view them differently as animals, than just something to saute in garlic and butter ;-)
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posted on
11/05/2018 8:08:28 AM PST
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it")
To: ETL
A similar parasite of foxes and dogs has spread all over Europe and is now becoming ensconced into Southern England. I recently wondered why they were recommending heartworm preventative to dogs in England where there were no heartworms and discovered that the veterinarians were recommending the preventative for the dog/fox lungworm. It appears to me it is just a matter of time ( I predict ten years) before this parasite is in the SE US.
To: ETL
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11/05/2018 8:31:34 AM PST
by
bitt
(We want judges that protects us from them. They, the ruling elites, want judges that PROTECT THEM!)
To: bitt
Not sure how your cartoon post found its way to this thread, but I like it.
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11/05/2018 8:34:13 AM PST
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: ETL
“...eating raw or undercooked snails, slugs or centipedes...”
No thanks.
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11/05/2018 8:46:37 AM PST
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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