<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1DpOMk_1CuHyMX900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1DpOMk_1CuHyMX900" width="1200" height="600" ><p>MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WNEM) — State health officials are investigating an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal parasite illness, after identifying more than 170 cases in just over a week. Investigators have not yet determined the source.</p><p>Every summer, Michigan sees a handful of cases of the illness. This year’s spike has drawn concern as case counts continue to climb, including seven reported in Shiawassee County.</p><h2>What the illness does</h2><p>Cyclosporiasis can cause watery diarrhea, stomach cramps and nausea. Symptoms can appear days after a person eats contaminated food or drinks contaminated water.</p><p>“This is not unique, I would say,” said Dr. Nicholas Haddad, CMU infectious disease specialist. “Yes, there are more cases maybe than expected. But I will say, every year in the U.S. there are between four and 40 outbreaks.”</p><h2>Why tracing the source is difficult</h2><p>Officials say a two-week gap between exposure and the onset of symptoms makes it harder for investigators to pinpoint where people were infected.</p><p>That delay makes patient interviews critical. Investigators are comparing where people shopped, what they ate and whether cases are connected.</p><h2>What doctors are saying</h2><p>Haddad offered several points about the illness.</p><p>“The first reassuring point is that it doesn’t go from one person to another,” said Haddad. “They’re all from one source. The second reassuring point is that it is treatable. Number three, it may not require treatment in patients who are healthy.”</p><p>Until a source is identified, health officials are encouraging everyone to wash fresh produce thoroughly and seek medical care if severe diarrhea does not improve.</p><p>“Even if it says washed,” said Haddad. “If it’s washed with water, that may reduce the risk. It doesn’t eliminate the risk, but it reduces it.”</p><p><i>Subscribe to the</i> <i>WNEM TV5 newsletter</i> <i>and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email every day.</i></p></div></body>

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WNEM) — State health officials are investigating an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal parasite illness, after identifying more than 170 cases in just over a week. Investigators have not yet determined the source. Every summer, Michigan sees a handful of cases of the illness. This year’s...

Michigan parasite outbreak tops 170 cases; source still unknown

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WNEM) — State health officials are investigating an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal parasite illness, after identifying mo

Michigan parasite outbreak tops 170 cases; source still unknown

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