lung flukes? what is it?

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A lung fluke is a parasite that has been ingested by a human, which then 'infests' the human's lungs.
http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/OtherFlukes/Paragonimus.html reports:
"Paragonimus westermani is the most well known species infecting man (in addition to zoonotic infections in cats, dogs, pigs and a large number of other animals)."

For much more info. on these parasites/worms, see the link listed above. Hope this helps.

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COME IN ASIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN VARIETIES CAN BE ACQUIRED BY EATING UNCOOKED OR UNDER COOKED INFECTED MITTEN CRABS PEOPLE INFECTED MAY DEVELOP TB LIKE SYPSTOMS RESULTING IN PERMANENT LUNG DAMAGE FLUKES CAN ALSO TRACK INTO THE BRAIN SEE DOCTOR THOUGH. GUTEN NACHT!

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