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I'm not interested in googling "guinea worm" after this post, but I have no idea how this relates to the topic.

• DrStalker 13y ago
  Summary: larvae enters your body, grows into a worm 2 to 3 feet long that lives inside you wriggling around. Removal involves getting hold of one end, tying it around a stick and slowly winding it out while it tries to crawl back in. I'm pretty sure it's contracted from water, not being barefoot. Having shoes helps stop parasites like hookworm from entering your body by being stepped on, since they can't just burrow through the skin of your foot. You probably don't want to look up hookworm pics either; parasites are scary disgusting things.