Eating grilled stone crab, boy infected with lung fluke

Before being admitted to the hospital, the child ate grilled crab. In recent months, the child developed symptoms of headache and nausea. He was examined at the provincial hospital, suspected of having a brain hemorrhage and was transferred to the National Children's Hospital for treatment.

Test results showed that the child had pleural effusion. The patient occasionally complained of chest pain, was treated for the pleural effusion and was discharged.

After returning home for a while, the child continued to experience chest pain and difficulty breathing and was taken to the emergency room by his family. Blood tests showed a suspected parasitic infection, so he was referred to Dang Van Ngu Hospital and diagnosed with lung flukes.

The doctor examined the patient.

According to Dr. Phung Xuan Hach - Dang Van Ngu Hospital, the cause of the child's illness could be due to eating stone crabs infected with lung fluke larvae that were not cooked thoroughly. The child was ordered to stay in the hospital for a week to treat the fluke.

Dr. Hach also said that the hospital receives an average of several dozen cases of lung flukes each year. People infected with lung flukes often have symptoms of coughing a lot, coughing up phlegm, phlegm mixed with blood, and possibly chest tightness and difficulty breathing. This makes it easy for patients to confuse it with other diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, and bronchitis. Experts warn that patients infected with lung flukes, if not diagnosed and treated promptly, will have serious sequelae in the lungs.

According to experts, crabs and snails are very difficult to cook completely if the shell is kept intact, and whether stir-fried or washed, it is difficult to completely remove parasites.

The worrying thing is that parasites in crabs and snails mainly attack important organs in the human body such as the liver, lungs... even the central nervous system, so infection can cause severe headaches, stiff neck and in some severe cases will lead to meningitis and paralysis.

Crabs and snails are very difficult to cook completely if the shell is kept intact, and whether stir-fried or washed, it is difficult to completely remove parasites.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh - former Institute of Biotechnology and Food, Hanoi University of Science and Technology noted that the nature of parasites is not germs or bacteria but worm eggs, tapeworm eggs, even worms and tapeworms, so when washed under clean running water, they will all be washed away.

To prevent lung fluke disease, experts recommend that people always eat cooked food, drink boiled water, ensure food safety, and absolutely do not eat uncooked crab or shrimp. When people have signs of suspected disease, they should go to the doctor for timely treatment.

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