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Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Apr 11 '17, 16:36

Rat lungworm has long been prevalent in parts of Asia and the Caribbean—the first human case of the disease was recorded in Taiwan in 1944—but only recently has it been identified routinely in the United States, including in Hawaii, California, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of Parasitology.

“I have parasitic meningitis,” said Tricia Mynar, a Maui woman diagnosed with the disease, in an April interview with Honolulu Civil Beat. “The parasites are in the lining of my brain, moving around.”

Mynar described her pain from the disease as worse than childbirth, saying it feels like “somebody opens the top of my head, sets a hot iron inside my brain, then pushes the steam button.”

“Tremors are the hardest part,” she told Honolulu Civil Beat. “They affect me so bad that sometimes I can’t hear my own speech.”

When Globalization Brings Brain-Invading Worms (www.theatlantic.com)

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That sounds awful -- nm - Andie Apr 11, 16:57
oh goodie, let's file that one in the Botfly section. - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:39
A rather large asteroid will be passing rather close to the earth next Wednesday. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Apr 11, 16:38

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