Posted on 07/10/2018 2:58:21 PM PDT by EdnaMode
IT'S the second most deadly parasitic disease - only malaria is more lethal.
And schistosomiasis - also known as snail fever - could be set to invade Europe's shores.
"Around 25-30% of humans are currently infected with at least one parasitic worm species," writes Karl Hoffmann, Professor of Parasitology at Aberystwyth University, for The Conversation.
"The diseases they cause can be devastating.
"Worm infections can lead to diverse and chronic conditions such as scarring of the eyes and blindness, swelling of extremities and immobility, blockage of digestion and malnutrition, anaemia and tiredness.
"They can also increase an individual’s risk of developing cancer and AIDS."
Schistosomiasis currently affects hundreds of millions of people each year, causing thousands of deaths.
Caused by schistosome flatworms, the infection occurs when people come into contact with a type of freshwater snail that produces the worms.
These worms then penetrate the skin and live in the blood vessels surrounding the intestines or bladder of the individual.
When the eggs of these flatworms become trapped in human organs, they can cause inflammation, blindness, scarring, anaemia and ultimately, death.
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Democrats ?
Without open borders this disease may not have a chance here.
Be a darned shame if Merkel came down with this.
Unipartiers. And Europe is infested with them, too.
The snail produces the worms? How does that work?
Cultural Marxism demands we have the same diseases as the ****holes of the world.
Are they sure it’s from snails and not muslims?
Haha!
Now worms is the one thing that can make me shiver at the thought. Horrible. Gross. Sickening. That’s one thing I always feared where my kids and grandkids were concerned but I realize you can get any kind of worm, anywhere, anytime. I just hope me and mine never do.......brrrrr.
I wonder how they made their way to Europe...
Learned long ago things that leave a slimy trail should not be eaten......
This is a tropical disease that is common in Upper Egypt and the Sudan. Despite the fact that for centuries untold numbers of Europeans have visited the regions it still hasn’t taken hold in Europe.
Wouldn’t it be some aspect of “white privilege” to resist this worm???
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