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Couple Gets Flesh-Eating Parasites on Vacation & the Details Are Horrifying
cafemom ^ | January 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM | Jacqueline Burt on

Posted on 02/07/2013 2:12:40 PM PST by BenLurkin

Of all the maladies I hope never to be afflicted with, and there are many of those, any sickness with the term "flesh-eating" in its name is way, way at the tippy-top of my list. The very thought makes my skin crawl. (Ha! No, really.) Gaaah! After last summer's streak of flesh-eating bacteria cases, I'd already pretty much resolved to never ever swim in a lake ever again. But after hearing about the flesh-eating parasites a young Australian couple recently became infected with on a "dream trip" to the Amazon, I'm pretty much resolved to -- well, I've never been to the Amazon, and I sure as hell ain't making any plans now.

Seriously, what happened to Ally Vagg and Bryan Williams is so incredibly horrifying, I really have to warn anyone without a supremely strong stomach to stop reading now. After the jump, things get ugly. Fast.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestir.cafemom.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crime
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To: Vendome

Vendome, you looked good...until now.

:D


41 posted on 02/07/2013 8:42:52 PM PST by Shimmer1 (No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
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To: Jonty30

Thanks for the warning. I’m not looking. I watch bloody movie scenes with my eyes closed and fingers in my ears.


42 posted on 02/07/2013 9:32:37 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Shimmer1

Thanks for noticing. ;-)


43 posted on 02/07/2013 11:05:13 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: dfwgator

I was surprised that Alaska has a rainforest...Interesting trip...


44 posted on 02/08/2013 2:32:12 AM PST by goat granny
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To: Amberdawn

Thanks for the information. What area of the U.S.A. are they found?


45 posted on 02/08/2013 3:19:53 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Amberdawn

Thanks for the information. What area of the U.S.A. are they found?


46 posted on 02/08/2013 3:20:04 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: MisterArtery

So sorry for your loss. Yes, it is a terrible way to die.

When I am gardening, I try to be extra careful with any cuts I incur because of the risk of infection from many types of bacteria. I think it is possible to pick up one of these nasty Strep strains from soil, but I am not sure.


47 posted on 02/08/2013 7:50:40 AM PST by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

I live in Pa., so I imagine they are pretty much extant in the whole of the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly


48 posted on 02/08/2013 8:44:00 AM PST by Amberdawn
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To: Amberdawn

These seems to be the areas where the HUMAN botfly is endemic. Like lice, they appear to be host specific.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatobia_hominis


49 posted on 02/08/2013 8:46:51 AM PST by Amberdawn
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