Posted on 07/15/2020 8:35:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
Doctors at a Tokyo hospital examined a patient complaining of throat irritation and discovered a 1.5-inch worm living in her tonsil. Photo courtesy of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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July 14 (UPI) -- A team of Japanese doctors shared details of the case of a woman suffering throat irritation who actually had a live worm inside her tonsil.
The doctors said in a study published in the July issue of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene that the 25-year-old woman came into St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo complaining of throat irritation five days after eating sashimi.
The medical team discovered a 1.5-inch black worm living inside the woman's tonsil, and the creature was removed using tweezers.
The worm, which was alive, was identified as the fourth-stage larva of Pseudoterranova azaras, a parasitic roundworm. The worms sometimes are found infecting the stomachs of patients who consume raw or undercooked marine fish that contains the creatures' larvae.
More than 700 cases of infections involving the worms have been documented in Japan, the Netherlands, South America and North Pacific countries, the doctors said.
The team said the woman's symptoms quickly improved after the worm was removed and her blood tests came back normal.
Thanks....Really needed to see that...LOL
*SHUDDER*
No sushi for you?...............
Why I wont touch Sushi
Chinese and Japanesse eat some weird crap
“...The worms sometimes are found infecting the stomachs of patients who consume raw or undercooked marine fish that contains the creatures’ larvae...”
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
Gotta go get some sushi for lunch now....YUM, YUM!!!!
I love sushi, but now I’m not so sure.................
I have NEVER, ever even considered eating sushi....
(Only time I ever ate raw fish was once I took a bite out of a fresh trout I had caught in the Smoky Mtns in front of PETA protesters who were protesting trout fishing...
I haven’t had Sushi for about 5 years - no access to it - but I think I’ll keep passing!
Also, I RAN to the bathroom mirror to check my throat for worms just in case! Gaaaaaaaa!
No gas stations near you?............
That’s Sushi on the Half Shell!.................
Hiya Baby!
Let’s go fishing!
If the fish has been frozen deep and long enough then parasites will not survive.
Reason #228 why I never have eaten,and never *will* eat,sushi.
Oh, Gawd! No Gas Station Sushi, LOL!
My first thought. Figured it was from eating SOMETHING raw.
First they came for my bat soup, then my Pangolin kebab and now it’s my worm-infested sushi. It’s always something.
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