The 21-year-old from Sydney now has contracted a disease called rat lungworm which is a rare form of meningitis.
So, once again, health officials are warning people about eating raw gastropods, or slugs and snails, which carry the parasitic worm.
This disease causes the brain and spinal cord to swell and can be fatal.
Dr Jeremy McAnulty from New South Wales Health said most people recover from the illness because the body's immune system can get rid of it.
The larvae of the parasite is only found in rodents' faeces, which many snails and slugs eat and then become infected.
The rat lungworm is mainly found in Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Dr McAnulty advises anyone planning to eat the slugs to wash them thoroughly first.
(our advice is to cook them, or better yet, don't eat them at all, how about that?)
