Paragonimus westermani

• Common Name: Oriental Lung Fluke (Bengal Tiger)

  
  

  Causitive Agent: Paragonimiasis and Pulmonary distomiasis

  
  

  Laboratory Diagnosis: Sputum examination and Serological test

  
  

  Intermediate Host/s: 2nd IH - Freshwater crab and Crayfish

  
  

  Clinical manifestation:

  = Sputum color in Paragonimiasis (coffee-colored, Blood tinged, Rusty colored sputum or Hemoptysis)

  = Pulmonary discomfort (mimic TB)

  = Fibrosis in lung tissue

  = Migrates to the brain (Worst-case scenario)

  
  

  Treatment: Praziquantel