Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Hawaii baby contracts potentially fatal disease
Reported by: Olena Heu
Email: oheu@khon2.com
Last Update: 12/21 6:28 pm
Hawaii baby contracts potentially fatal disease
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The parasite is a worm found in the heart and lungs of rats. The larvae can be transmitted to snails and slugs...which in turn transmit the parasite on to lettuce and other produce.
"Was this one time...when I picked kale from a garden and I didn't wash it, I looked at it and it seemed perfectly ok, I gave it to him just to kind of hold he was in his stroller," said Nicole.
Department of Health officials say so far this year, there have been six cases of rat lungworm reported and three more are being investigated.
That's compared to a total of seven reported cases last year.
It's usually found in places like South East Asia, but some Hawaii doctors say they are seeing the disease a lot more over the past few years.
"Basically there's a parasite in the brain and so the parasite is usually on the lining of the brain and because of that the body is fighting this parasite you get fevers a lot of times with adults they get headaches," said Junior Kumpel, Caleb's father.
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full story at; http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=fever&cf=all&scoring=n&start=20
Reported by: Olena Heu
Email: oheu@khon2.com
Last Update: 12/21 6:28 pm
Hawaii baby contracts potentially fatal disease
...
The parasite is a worm found in the heart and lungs of rats. The larvae can be transmitted to snails and slugs...which in turn transmit the parasite on to lettuce and other produce.
"Was this one time...when I picked kale from a garden and I didn't wash it, I looked at it and it seemed perfectly ok, I gave it to him just to kind of hold he was in his stroller," said Nicole.
Department of Health officials say so far this year, there have been six cases of rat lungworm reported and three more are being investigated.
That's compared to a total of seven reported cases last year.
It's usually found in places like South East Asia, but some Hawaii doctors say they are seeing the disease a lot more over the past few years.
"Basically there's a parasite in the brain and so the parasite is usually on the lining of the brain and because of that the body is fighting this parasite you get fevers a lot of times with adults they get headaches," said Junior Kumpel, Caleb's father.
...
full story at; http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=fever&cf=all&scoring=n&start=20