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Couple Gets Flesh-Eating Parasites on Vacation & the Details Are Horrifying
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| January 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM
| Jacqueline Burt on
Posted on 02/07/2013 2:12:40 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:12:45 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:18:14 PM PST
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PGR88
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:22:52 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: BenLurkin
That's an image of the adult Botfly.
I'm not going to post images of the larvae, because ...
Well ...
I'm just not.
Web-search ... you'll find 'em.
They're nasty.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:25:15 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:29:19 PM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(If you want to ring the bell - you got to swing the hammer hard!)
To: ArrogantBustard
I’ve seen pictures similar to what this couple got, and they are horrifying to look at and recommend that nobody take a look, unless you want to be creeper out for days.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:33:19 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: BenLurkin
Just think with minor adaptations the Bot Fly and its larvae might just be able to survive in parts of the United States. That would certainly give an added dimension to the vacuous liberal wet dream: "Our Diversity is Our Strength!"
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:34:09 PM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: demshateGod
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Raebie
(WS)
To: ArrogantBustard
Looks kind of cute, really.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:39:34 PM PST
by
MeganC
(“Free Men Need Not Ask Permission!”)
To: BenLurkin
Myself, I’d prefer “flesh-eating” to “hemorhagic”.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:40:57 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: BenLurkin
Moral of the story? Don’t take vacations in 3rd World cesspools.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:42:37 PM PST
by
GenXteacher
(You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
To: GenXteacher
Doesn’t have to be 3rd world. We lost a cousin to this stuff. Took her hands and lower half of her legs before they stopped it, but ultimately took her life due to long term damage. And she never left the states. Think she picked it up in a hospital in the ER for a minor problem.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:45:10 PM PST
by
rstrahan
To: Raebie
Don’t know what that means.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:50:43 PM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: ArrogantBustard
While I was doing some field work in Panama out in the rain forest, the local guys kept bugging me about not wearing a hat. Hate hats but am bald.
They showed me some scars they had, and explained this fly and it's nasty little habit. I started wearing a hat and constantly swiping my hands over my exposed arms and neck.....
To: rstrahan
I think this is different than the flesh-eating bacteria we’ve heard about. The larvae will feed on one’s skin until it gets big enough to emerge, but I don’t think it kills people or causes amputation of limbs. It is very high on the grossness scale, though.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:55:43 PM PST
by
KevinB
(A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
To: doorgunner69
Does DEET help with this critter?
How about DDT?
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:59:46 PM PST
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: BenLurkin
Botflies.
They are more commonly dealt with on animals. It may cause people to be grossed out but you do need a vet (or doctor) to get in there and remove them. Safest thing to do.
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posted on
02/07/2013 3:03:57 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: rstrahan
Your cousin got flesh-eating bacteria? Here in the US? How terrible. A friend was a missionary in Truk; he said the tropics are very hard on the body.
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posted on
02/07/2013 3:04:48 PM PST
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: ArrogantBustard
I would guess DEET would keep the bugs off your skin.
The guys said the killed them by smearing Vaseline over the wound opening to cut off the oxygen and they grab the little bugger when he would poke his head up for a breath.
To: BenLurkin
I believe that we will retire right here in New England. 3 feet of snow? That’s nothing!
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posted on
02/07/2013 3:10:03 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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