A woman suffering throat irritation who actually had a live worm inside her tonsil. These details have been shared by a team of Japanese doctors who handled this case.
A study published in the July issue of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene stated 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 worm has been removed using tweezers.
The creature that was still alive identified as the fourth-stage larva of ‘Pseudoterranova azaras’, a parasitic roundworm. Usually, the worms can be found infecting the stomachs of patients who eat raw or undercooked marine sigh that contains the creatures’ larvae.
According to the doctors, more than 700 cases of infections involving the worms have been documented in Japan, South America, Netherlands, and North Pacific countries.
The woman’s symptoms quickly improved after the worm was removed and her blood tests came back normal.
Source: UPI