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Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain (arstechnica.com)
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

fuck is it rat lung worm?

edit: it is rat lung worm. prob contracted in Hawaii

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember that teenager that ate a slug in a dare and contracted rat lungworm. He ended up in a coma, woke up paralyzed and eventually died.

So yeah remember to wash your vegetables, a tiny snail or slug can infect you.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Wow that was as abrupt as the end of Squid Game S2.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wtf hawaii, 22 years there and never heard of it but it looks relatively recent

at least it is rare

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's been a thing. Mostly unwashed or poorly washed greens