10 Shocking things that could be living inside you right now (With Pictures)

4. Lung Worms

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of fluke worm infections (paragonimiasis) rose dramatically in 2009 and 2010. In many cases people get paragonimiasis from eating uncooked crawfish. Lung worms are most common in Asia and parts of rural Appalachia. Symptoms include fever and cough, and doctors often misdiagnose the infection for tuberculosis. In 2015, Animal Planet featured a segment on Missourian Chris Motsinger on the show Monsters Inside Me. After suffering chest pains and coughing up bloody phlegm, doctors discovered that a fluke worm that uses mammalian lungs to complete its life cycle had invaded Chris’ respiratory system.