Question

Choose the correct statements about trichinellosis.

• A. Trichinosis is caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game infected with the larvae of a parasitic worm.
• B. The initial symptoms of trichinosis are abdominal discomfort, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, fatigue and fever.
• C. The severity of symptoms depends on the number of infectious worms consumed in the meat.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above.

• Trichinosis is caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game infected with the larvae of a parasitic worm. The contaminated meat is infected with the larvae of a worm called Trichinella spiralis.
• Initial symptoms are abdominal discomfort, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, and fever. Next usually come headaches, fevers, chills, cough
  
• The contaminated meat is infected with the larvae of a worm called Trichinella spiralis.