Deadly Parasite Discovered in Chinese Family Shows You Should Never Eat Raw Centipedes

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Deadly Parasite Discovered in Chinese Family Shows You Should Never Eat Raw Centipedes:

Centipedes mean business. They can slay animals 15 times their size, even devour whole snakes if they want.

[...] A 78-year-old woman was admitted to Zhujiang Hospital in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, saying she'd experienced headaches, drowsiness, and cognitive impairment for weeks, although she had no other signs of illness, such as fever or vomiting.

Subsequent examination suggested symptoms of meningitis, but not a viral or bacterial cause for the condition. Her cerebrospinal fluid did however indicate traces of antibodies against the rat lungworm, indicating a diagnosis of A. cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis.

What was unusual was how she'd presumably contracted it: by eating raw centipedes.

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