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| walking around barefoot in the dirt [...] is | VERY DANGEROUS Really?
by pyre 13y ago
| walking around barefoot in the dirt [...] is
| VERY DANGEROUS
Really?
- gte910h 13y agoIn many parts of the country, yes, you get worms this way. Hookworms directly or some other worms via eggs into small cuts.
- ef4 13y agoNot in the US. They're very rare in the US, and everywhere with indoor plumbing. People who are deliberately trying to get infected as a treatment for their Crohn's or arthritis have literally resorted to travelling to the third world.
- philwelch 13y agoThis whole concept sounds like a South Park episode waiting to happen.
- claudius 13y agoYou mean eating with your bum?
- fleitz 13y agoCuring asthma with hookworm... http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/30/91945/8971 http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/30/91945/8971 http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2009/3/16/3408/66053 http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2009/3/16/3408/66053
- btilly 13y agoAnd hookworm is trivially treated with antibiotics.
- tylero 13y agoSoil transmitted helmiths (aka worms) are a huge medical burden on the world. CDC estimates more than 1 billion people are infected.