A case reported in the New England Journal of Medicine states that a man came back from a holiday to Nigeria and developed a rash on his foot .He Went to the doctor after a month as it was itchy and appeared to 'move'.It appeared to 'migrate', moving a few millimeters to a few centimeters daily, he told doctors, who described the case to doctors at Peking Union Medical College, in Beijing, complaining of the mark on his foot, which resembled a varicose vein.
The doctors examined his foot and found a red, raised tract with a wavy margin. They gave the patient the news he had cutanteous larva migrans: a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae.
These hookworms generally live in the intestines of pets such as dogs and cats and shed their eggs via their faeces, usually in sandy areas of beaches or under houses. Cutaneous larva migrans is the most frequent skin disease among travelers returning from tropical countries.
Humans can become infected through contact with these faeces, such as by walking barefoot on the beach or in soil that has been contaminated with the waste. The parasite stays in the epidermis, the outer layer of skin, because it lacks the enzymes needed to burrow down deeper into the body. The rash it triggers is most commonly seen on the feet, back, buttocks, thighs, or abdomen. The man was given an anti-parasitic drug called albendazole and after two weeks, the marks on his foot disappeared.
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A case reported in the New England Journal of Medicine states that a man came back from a holiday to Nigeria and developed a rash on his foot .He Went to the doctor after a month as it was itchy and appeared to 'move'.It appeared to 'migrate', moving a few millimeters to a few centimeters daily, he told doctors, who described the case to doctors at Peking Union Medical College, in Beijing, complaining of the mark on his foot, which resembled a varicose vein.
The doctors examined his foot and found a red, raised tract with a wavy margin. They gave the patient the news he had cutanteous larva migrans: a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae.
These hookworms generally live in the intestines of pets such as dogs and cats and shed their eggs via their faeces, usually in sandy areas of beaches or under houses. Cutaneous larva migrans is the most frequent skin disease among travelers returning from tropical countries.
Humans can become infected through contact with these faeces, such as by walking barefoot on the beach or in soil that has been contaminated with the waste. The parasite stays in the epidermis, the outer layer of skin, because it lacks the enzymes needed to burrow down deeper into the body. The rash it triggers is most commonly seen on the feet, back, buttocks, thighs, or abdomen. The man was given an anti-parasitic drug called albendazole and after two weeks, the marks on his foot disappeared.
Read more http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3527892/The-varicose-vein-actually-WORM-Man-contracts-parasite-foot-contact-animal-faeces.html
