10 Rat Lungworm Disease Symptoms
Rat lungworm disease is an infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. This is a type of parasitic roundworm that is often found in the pulmonary arteries of rats, hence where the disease got its name.
Rat lungworm spends part of its lifecycle inside snails, and rats acquire the parasite from eating snails or by coming into contact with snail feces. If people are not careful, then they too can become infected by the parasite.
When humans are infected by the parasite, it will make its home in our central nervous system. Here, it can cause havoc, causing various unwanted symptoms, possibly resulting in death.
