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Accidentally ate raw chicken :( will i get worms?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Raw Chicken: Raw chicken can cause a bacterial infection and bloody diarrhea. There are not risks of 'worms'. Exposure to infection does not guarantee infection and there is no way to predict if one will get ill. But, if you get ill with a fever you will know why.

Answered 7/5/2017

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