The man was caught by a crab, so he bit the crab in anger and was infected with paragonimiasis. (Schematic diagram / PIXABAY)
A man in mainland China was caught by a crab, and the next second he bit the crab to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, following a month of continuous chest pain, antibiotic treatment was not effective. The doctor asked for details and speculated that the man should be infected with paragonimiasis. After treatment, the man recovered smoothly.
According to a report by the Lu media Nanguo Jinbao, an 18-year-old man from Shiyan City, Hubei Province went to catch crabs a few days ago, but his hand was caught. Unexpectedly, following a month of continuous chest pain, I finally mightn’t stand it and went to the doctor. After lung computed tomography, the doctor found that the man had multiple high-density shadows in both lungs, and the clinical diagnosis was “pneumonia”, but following taking many medicines, there was no improvement.
After that, he went to Taihe Hospital in Shiyan City, the mainland for medical treatment. The doctor asked carefully and found out that the man should have paragonimiasis. As for the problems with the lungs, what does it have to do with crabs? Wang Meifang, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care, pointed out that a parasite called “Paragonimus” is parasitized in raw crabs, and the Shiyan area is also a high-incidence area of paragonimiasis. In the interior and stream water, when people eat raw or half-cooked crabs, snails, or drink uncooked mountain spring water or stream water, they may be infected with paragonimiasis and cause “paragonimiasis”.
Wang Meifang explained that if parasites live in the lungs, they often manifest as cough, chest pain, and rust-colored sputum.
Zheng Yi, the attending physician, said that the man had high eosinophils and nodules on his body. He was diagnosed with paragonimiasis by a positive skin test for paragonimiasis. After taking a course of praziquantel tablets, he had chest pain. It disappeared completely, and the exudative lesions in the lungs also disappeared one month later.
Physicians reminded, try not to eat raw meat fish, shrimp and crab. Raw freshwater fish and shrimp may lead to liver fluke disease, raw crab can lead to paragonimiasis, raw Fushou snail may lead to angiostrongyliasis, raw pork can lead to cysticercosis, Once sick, the disease burden is very serious. If you accidentally eat raw crabs or drink unprocessed stream water and feel unwell, you should seek medical attention in time.
