lilykoi hawaii | RAT LUNG WORM in HAWAII || MUST KNOW FOR TOURISTS AND LOCALS @lilykoihawaii | Uploaded March 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
75% of slugs on the Big Island test positive for Rat Lung Worm. Cases on Maui have been confirmed. The entire state is at risk. A little bit of prevention goes a long way towards protecting your health from this destructive parasite.

ALWAYS: Wash and inspect your fruits and vegetables, especially LEAFY GREENS, under running water. Inspect each leaf. Even a tiny piece of a slug or flat worm can contain thousands of parasites. Young slugs can be tiny (2mm) and nearly translucent, so careful inspection and thorough washing is necessary.

Cooking and freezing appears to kill the parasite.

DO NOT EAT RAW LEAFY GREENS AT RESTAURANTS OR POT-LUCKS. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. Always ask at AirBNBs, especially rural, if they use catchment water and if it's safe to drink/brush teeth.

Those on catchment water need to take special precautions if they drink from their catchment.

The severity of infection depends on the number of parasites ingested.

Much of the information in this video was collected via a discussion I had with two experts at an informational booth during a local event. Unfortunately, there still hasn’t been enough local research so a lot is still unknown about this parasite, how it’s contracted, or how it can be effectively treated. Just last year, in a show of political posturing, high-ups in the State government purposefully gave research funding to an organization unprepared to study RLW instead of the requesting, prepared organization.

Hopefully more will be done in the future to study this disease as slug infection rate is now extremely high.

Information:
malamaopuna.org/rat-lungworm/you-need-to-know

cdc.gov/parasites/angiostrongylus/gen_info/faqs.html
(Interestingly, the CDC website is marginally useless and contains a lot of information those in Hawai’i know to be inaccurate)


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