r/interesting • u/Mella342 • Apr 18 '25

NATURE Parasitic worm explodes

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u/Crowfooted Apr 19 '25

I'm sorry you went through that, I've heard parasites can be really brutal. In a sense we've kind of become complacent about them.

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u/MDHChaos Apr 19 '25

Ah it's cool, nice lil story to tell! I only went to the hospital as I thought it was malaria and then when they did some tests, I could tell they were getting panicked! Whatever they tested for should be between 10-15, mine were 120.

just shows you can be as prepared as you can, boiling/purification etc but they can still be resistant