Trichinosis complicated with hepatitis and myopericarditis

A 24 years old man was admitted to our department because of fever, diarrhea and fatigue. The patient, a Thai foreign worker had been well until ten days prior his admission when nausea, vomiting and watery diarrhea developed three days after eating raw pork. Two days prior to his admission a community physician prescribed him a symptomatic therapy that didn’t help him recover, on the contrary, his condition escalated as he reported severe fatigue and muscular pain. He also had temperatures up to 39 along with chills.