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Doctors struggle to diagnose rat lungworm disease

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COURTESY TATUM LARSON

Tatum Larson suffered from migrating nerve pain in her bones and skin and made several trips to Maui doctors. A Seattle doctor was able to diagnose her with rat lungworm disease.

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COURTESY TATUM LARSON

Tatum Larson, left, and her mother, Cate, on vacation in Hilo, where Larson suspects she caught the parasite from eating locally grown lettuce.