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trichinella spiralis in human muscle, digestive system organs, trichiniasis, trichinellosis, trichinosis, roundworm, trichinella spiralis, infection, contracted by eating raw, undercooked meat, trichinosis, parasitic disease that results from eating undercooked meat, most frequently pork, contains cysts of trichinella spiralis, t, spiralis, found in pork, bear, fox, rat, horse, lion meat, trichinosis, common infection worldwide, seldom, regulations regarding the feeding of domestic animals, meat-processing inspections, a person eats meat, infected animal, trichinella cysts hatch, in the intestines, grow into adult roundworms, measure 2-4 mm long, roundworms then produce offspring that migrate, the gut wall, bloodstream, parasites tend to invade muscle tissues, the heart, diaphgragm, breathing muscle under the lungs, affect the lungs, brain, domestic meat animals, hogs, raised specifically, consumption under usda guidelines, inspection, considered safe, wild animals, carnivores, meat eaters, omnivores, animals that eat both meat, plants, considered a possible source of roundworm disease, approximately 40 cases per year, in the us, risk factors include eating meat from wild game, history of having eaten rare, uncooked pork, bear, wild carnivores, omnivores, abdominal discomfort, cramping, diarrhea, muscle pain, muscle pain, breathing, chewing, using large muscles, fever, cbc, increased eosinophils, muscle biopsy, trichinella cysts, in the muscle, serology studies, cpk, elevated levels of muscle enzymes, no specific treatment, trichinosis once the larvae have invaded the muscles, albendazole, work on the intestinal forms, not on the muscle forms, analgesics, relieve the muscle pain, trichinosis have no symptoms, infection is self-limited, resolves on its own, severe infections more difficult to treat, lungs, heart, the brain is involved, arrhythmias from heart inflammation, myocarditis, heart failure, encephalitis, pneumonia, call health provider, have symptoms suggestive of trichinosis, a recent history of eating undercooked, raw meat that might have been contaminated, pork, meat from wild animals, cooked, well done, freezing at subzero temperatures, fahrenheit, 3 to 4 weeks, kill the organism, smoking, salting, drying meat, not reliable methods of preventing this infections.