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Paragonimiasis
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Also known as: lung fluke infestation · lung fluke disease · Paragonimus infection · pulmonary parasitosis · lung worm · Asian lung fluke · lung fluke infection · parasitic lung disease · Paragonimus westermani · worm infection of the lungs
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Paragonimiasis is a tropical infectious disease. A lung fluke — a parasitic worm — has settled in your breathing space. It usually enters the body through raw or undercooked crabs or freshwater fish, migrates through the abdominal cavity, and ultimately makes its home where it least belongs: in your lung. Coughing, bloody sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain. Medically speaking, it is a parasitic disease widespread in parts of Asia and Africa, and it is well treatable with anti-worm medication.
That is one level. And it is real. Anyone who receives this diagnosis needs specialist medical care — reliably, consistently, without detours through symbolism.
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