Mexican actress Luz Elena González had a terrible experience when she became infected with larvae due to a disease after eating raw fish. Once he saw one of these parasites crawling over his cheek.
“The last time I ate raw fish, I had larval migrans, worms crawling on your skin, and it took the doctors a long time to find out what I had. There were several symptoms, such as swelling in the skin and headaches.” I felt a bit strange, “the model also told TV Notes magazine.
González recalled that it took some time for the doctors to find the diagnosis, as he had symptoms such as skin swelling and headaches, as he started to feel the discomfort after eating the fish for three days.
She had to have several blood tests, even some doctors said the symptoms may have been due to her nerves or because she might be very stressed, but when she found out what she had, she was shocked.
The actress of ‘Till the Money Do Us Part’ assured that she had gone through a very ugly experience as she remembered when applying makeup that she noticed her cheek was inflamed, but she was scared because she had a larva down saw walking. her cheek, as a result of what passed, passed out.
“One of the movie days I was in the makeup room when I suddenly saw my cheek with inflammation and although the girls helped me hide it, it was no longer possible to hide what was happening to me. Suddenly I saw a larva walking on its cheek and I started hyperventilating, I got very sick, it was a disgusting impression and I passed out ”, he recalls.
Despite the fact that she has already recovered, she has to take a medicine every six months to prevent the emergence of new parasites. “They did more blood tests and my levels were normal, and with that, the doctor told me I was clean, but still I have to take a drug every six months to eliminate any type of parasite.”
Larvae migrans
This condition is a “zoonotic infection” that results in “a skin condition,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the Mayo Clinic, the larvae are “capable of penetrating the patient’s skin and migrating into the blood vessels.” They can reach the lungs.