{"id":17708,"date":"2014-09-25T19:09:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T19:09:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-09-25T19:09:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T19:09:51","slug":"Man-eats-sushi-tapeword-takes-over-in-China","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17708","title":{"rendered":"Man eats sushi, tapeword takes over, in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ewwww! This is the one thing that makes me scared about eating this favorite food!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sushi is a staple meal for thousands, but for one man, it nearly ended his life after worms took over his body.<\/p>\n<p>An x-ray revealed the Chinese man\u2019s insides were crawling with tapeworm parasites because the raw fish he ate had been contaminated.<\/p>\n<p>The man from Guangdong province had earlier gone to a hospital complaining of stomach pains, before the horrific find.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctors believe some of the uncooked fish was to blame.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia describes tapeworm as \u201cthe infection of the digestive tract by adult parasitic flatworms called cestodes or tapeworms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive tapeworm larvae (coenuri) are sometimes ingested by consuming undercooked food. Once inside the digestive tract, a larva can grow into a very large adult tapeworm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This type of infection is life-threatening once it reaches the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, doctors at the Guangzhou No. 8 People\u2019s Hospital were able to save the man.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source AP<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ewwww! This is the one thing that makes me scared about eating this favorite food! 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