150 worms were removed from the intestines of a 22-year-old Indian woman. Unheard of for the surgeons who performed the operation.
This is a story that may turn off the appetite of many readers. 150 intestinal worms, 25 cm on average, were extracted from the digestive tract of a young Indian woman. For over a month, she had suffered from severe stomach pains and vomiting. Eventually hospitalized, Neha Begum was freed from a burdensome burden to say the least. The parasites were probably ingested with water, according to his doctors. The team at KG Nanda Hospital in Chandauli asserts it themselves: the intervention was shocking.
By water and green vegetables
British tabloid The Mirror echoes the words of Dr Anand Prakash Tiwari. “This is a very unusual case,” he says. I have never seen so many worms in a human organism. According to the medical team, the worms entered the young woman’s body through her mouth. In fact, many parasites are found in untreated water and in green vegetables. However, the province of Uttar Pradesh is the poorest in the country. Hygiene conditions, in particular, leave much to be desired.
The nature of the worms collected was not revealed by the doctors. It is likely that it is Ascaris, the length of which varies from 15 to 40 cm. These parasites look like earthworms and colonize the intestine through food. Females are productive to say the least since they lay up to 200,000 eggs per day, which could explain the large number of offspring extracted.
Ascariosis is not uncommon: according to World Health Organization, 60,000 deaths are counted each year. Children are the first victims.
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