Couple get parasites in their feet in Carribean

[captpierre]

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/caribbean-vacation-turns-into-parasite-nightmare-for-windsor-couple

[chrisb]

Sick that you can't get the proper medication in Canada to cure it.

[Rizzo]

gross

[woodenboater]

I should not have looked at those photos while eating breakfast....ugh

[captpierre]

So, just to clarify. Hookworms are small worms that used to be common in people in the old days. Dogs and other mammals have them too. But hookworms are species specific in that adult worms only live in the intestines of their designated hosts. But baby hookworms(larvae) from say dogs , can still penetrate human skin and cause local problems. But can’t get to the gut to live and lay eggs to perpetuate their life cycle. Us vets recommend dogs to be on regular parasite control that includes hookworms.  Lots of stray dogs in the third world that have no parasite control.  Crapping all over the place. Including beaches it seems ?

[Fisherman]

Pretty sad that you have to go south to get the meds. 

[AKRISONER]

whats confusing to me is that these guys go to dominican...start both getting intensely itchy feet...start to notice blisters and other crap appearing on their skin...and then say hmmm i guess i should go see a doctor?! lmao what the hell

[Canuck]

Google bot fly larvae removal if you want to see something really disgusting you can pick up in the tropics. 

[leaf4]

37 minutes ago, Canuck said:

Google bot fly larvae removal if you want to see something really disgusting you can pick up in the tropics. 

My cousin had one the size of a penny after returning from Belize lol 

[jimmer]

Has anyone heard of any other reports of people getting hookworm out of the Domincan or was this a one off?

[msp]

A co worker and her family got it from Jamaica over the holidays