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Apr 13, 2017

For anyone who hasn't heard about this:
“So it’s a worm infection introduced into North America through globalization,” said Peter Hotez, the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. “Some suggest that it’s due to snails or slugs in the ship ballasts—ships coming from Asia and going through the Panama Canal.” The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease is now endemic in the southeastern United States, and it’s expected to spread northward https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/when-globalization-brings-brain-invading-worms/522153/

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MonkeyBoy54321

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Apr 14, 2017

RechargedSo I read the article and while it is true some snails have the rat lungworm disease, the only way to become infected is by eating the snail. It is very VERY unlikely that you will get this disease through the cream. You would have to have direct contact with the snail to even have a chance of getting infected. Furthermore, this cream is sold internationally so if the cream did happen to have rat lungworm disease, we probably would've heard about it by now.

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Apr 14, 2017

MonkeyBoy54321Yeah, definitely. Just thought I should share it since it's a rather new epidemic. The disease came from Asia and this cream comes from Asia. You can get the disease simply from the slug's trail and is apparently mostly spread through unwashed lettuce. Again, just a warning, as I have no clue if this cream will or could actually spread it.

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