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Trichinellosis

Trichinellosis · Trichinelóza

What it is

Larvae of a roundworm in undercooked pork or wild boar burrow into the muscles; in Czechia, mostly from home-made wild-boar sausages.

Symptoms & signs

  • Diarrhoea and abdominal pain first
  • swollen eyelids and face
  • muscle pain and weakness
  • fever
  • splinter bleeds under the nails

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Chest pain, breathlessness or a racing heartbeat
  • call 112 / 911 now Confusion, severe headache or weakness of a limb
  • see a doctor soon Swollen eyelids, fever and muscle pain after wild-boar meat
  • see a doctor soon Muscle pain so bad you cannot move

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Blood eosinophils and antibody tests
  • albendazole or mebendazole early
  • steroids for severe muscle or heart involvement

Natural & lifestyle

  • Cook pork and game to 71 °C
  • have wild-boar meat inspected

Emerging & experimental

  • New antiparasitic drugs

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Freezing wild-boar meat — wild-boar trichinella survive freezing not confirmed in trials
  • Garlic and pumpkin seeds — traditional worm remedies; untested anecdotal / traditional
  • Wormwood — traditional; untested anecdotal / traditional

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