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Burning in woman's legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
After three trips to the ER, woman gets diagnosis of dreaded rat lungworm.
The only thing that stood out was a high number of eosinophils —white blood cells that become active with certain allergic diseases, parasitic infections, or other medical conditions, such as cancer. The doctors at Mass General, including a neurologist specializing in infectious diseases, quickly focused their attention on the fact that the woman had recently traveled. Given the alignment of symptoms and the raw seafood and salads eaten in Hawaii, the doctors gave a presumptive diagnosis of central nervous system angiostrongyliasis.
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