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In many parts of the country, yes, you get worms this way. Hookworms directly or some other worms via eggs into small cuts.
by gte910h 13y ago
In 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.