Who among us has n’t drunkenly slung back a few raw oysters at a fourth of July barbecue , or kicked back some uncooked loot just to finger alive ? While it’susually okayto delight a slimy shellfish or six , remains from very dead , mummified gentleman show what happens when things go skew-whiff .
CT Scansrecently performedon a 375 - year - old mummified man revealed an strange lump in his liver , which apparently harbor “ a gravid issue ” of eggs from a epenthetic fluke . The researchers surmise that the sponger , phone Paragonimus westermani , occur from consuming rude crustacean , either for pleasure or ironically , aesculapian intellect . At the meter , physician in South Korea believed“crayfish succus ” could heal rubeola , so it ’s possible this poor guy cable had the double hex of nausea before he died . The nightmarish new research has beenpublishedin the Journal of Parasitology .
This specific type of paragonimus infection calledHepatic Paragonimiasisoccurs when the parasitical flatworms settle down in a somebody ’s lung or in this case , their liver . While the innkeeper usually does n’t live symptom like a shot , they can eventually suffer from diarrhea , regurgitation , and even bloody coughing . So if this poor soul had measles and then this leech , his death was the perfect storm of terribleness .
Today , Paragonimiasis is not very common in the states , but it ’s still found in Southeast Asia and part of central and South America . The team that studied this mummy suggest thatup to 293.8 million citizenry worldwidecould still be at risk . So if you ever want to enjoy stark naked oysters and rosé again , do n’t look atthis video . Orthis one . I ’m warn you .
[ h / tNew Scientist ]
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