The 38-year-old man, from Sudan, visited doctors as his swollen foot had been painful for nearly a year. The man’s foot was X-rayed and the ghastly “guinea worm” was revealed.
The remains of the lengthy parasite were found in the back of his ankle and the front of his sole. The creature had probably died and started to degenerate inside the man’s body.
Shocked doctors consider that their patient was infected four years ago in Australia. The man has made a full recovery after the worm was removed during surgery.
The worms live in the intestines and enter the body via larvae in infected drinking water
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