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Tunga penetrans
(en.m.wikipedia.org)
the mature female remains in the host for the rest of her life.
Nope
Well, my life would have been measurably better had I never opened that link.
I managed about 4 paragraphs and decided that I know ~~enough~~ too much about this particular topic
“There are no drugs currently available with proven effectiveness. Surgical extraction still remains the treatment of choice in patients with a low parasite load, such as tourists returning from endemic areas.”
Nope.
Oh dear. I don't like that one bit. Unfortunately, it was exactly what I expected from the name.
Yeah. It's like opening a link that says rape snail and getting exactly that. Side note, as a white guy, is it ok if I say Jigger?
Only if you’re describing your own infection
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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