At the audacity of his friends, young Australian Sam Ballard ate a common garden plot which caused him to develop a lung worm infection, which put him in a coma for over 400 days, and he died 8 years after he awoke from his coma. .
Worms, which you get by eating common garden slugs, are known as slugs angiostrongylus cantonensiswhich moved from his digestive system to his central nervous system, causing chronic brain damage, according to Australian news outlet News.com.
Eosinophilic meningitis, which affects young children, is a parasite produced by the larvae Angiostrongylus cantonensisrat lungworm, is found primarily in the following countries: Thailand, China, Vietnam, Australia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, Hawaii, Tahiti, Japan, and Egypt.
According to the Cuban Journal of Tropical Medicine, the symptoms of patients infected with the presence of these larvae in the brain are: severe headaches, stiff necks, eye problems, even facial paralysis in some patients. In some people, this parasitism clears up on its own within a few weeks, but in others it can cause blindness or, as in Sam’s case, death.
News program The Sunday Project reported that the young Australian started experiencing severe pain in his leg, which prompted him to go to hospital immediately and tell his mother it could be because of what he ate. Then he fell into a coma for over 400 days.
At the end of a hospital stay and intensive care to help him improve his health, Ballard’s brain tissue was destroyed by worms. This causes him to wake up paralyzed from the neck down, and he also begins to have complications communicating.
Garden snail with a wide geographic distribution.
Thanks to several years of physiotherapy, he was able to improve his leg control, however he needed this therapy support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and although it provided improvement, he died after 8 years of taking it. . snail. According to Australian media, family members and friends showed their affection on social media when they heard the news, as well as their support throughout the treatment.
To help diagnose the disease, the following symptoms should be looked for, according to the Cuban Journal of Tropical Medicine: presence of eosinophils in the cerebrospinal fluid, peripheral blood, epidemiological history of living in the area where these parasites were found, as well as testing for raw or undercooked snails carrying the parasites These Infecting larvae have not been eaten, such as shrimp, fish, crabs, freshwater prawns, and fish that have ingested infected snails.
All of this evidence helps determine whether microorganisms have affected human health. In less common cases, these parasites are found in water, fruits or vegetables. It is recommended to avoid eating these worms: do not eat vegetables, fruits, crustaceans or unsterilized freshwater shrimp.
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2023-08-19 19:08:00
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