Doctors recently removed a live worm from a woman’s tonsils after she complained of pain in her throat.
Doctor’s find worm inside Japanese woman’s tonsils Photo: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Often, when we have a cold, we end up having an unpleasant sensation in our throats. Well, this common feeling ended up becoming a nightmare for a Japanese woman. The pain she was feeling turned out to be a live worm inside her tonsils. No, we are not kidding.
According to a case study published in The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a 25-year-old woman visited a doctor after she felt continuous irritation and pain in her throat. She started having pain after she consumed sashimi.
Later on, when she went to the doctor for a physical examination, she was in for a shock. The doctor found out a black moving worm in her left tonsil. The doctor removed the worm using a pair of tweezers, after which her symptoms rapidly improved and her blood tests also came back to normal.
The worm was 1.5 inches long
The worm was apparently 1.5 inches long and 1 mm wide. The reports suggested that it was moving inside the woman’s tonsil.
After DNA testing, the doctors found out that it was a Pseudoterranova azaras. Such parasitic worms can infect people after they consume third-stage larvae in raw or undercooked marine fishes, including sushi and sashimi.
The report also suggested that more than 700 such cases have been reported in Japan, North Pacific countries, South America, and the Netherlands. In fact, an illness called Anisakiasis, which is caused by eating parasite-contaminated fish or seafood, is also on the rise.
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