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Friday, 8 April 2016

Man has worm removed from his leg after mistaking it for varicose vein after trip to Nigeria

A 42-year-old Chinese man spotted what seemed like a varicose vein on the side of his foot after returning from a holiday in Nigeria. He went to the doctors to have it examined and got a rude shock. He was carrying a worm around in his foot.


Medics at the Peking Union Medical College, in Beijing, examined his foot and found a red, raised tract with a wavy margin.

They told the patient he had a cutanteous larva migrans, a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae, living in his foot.

The parasite cannot burrow deeper into the skin and is visible just beneath the outer skin, the disease is common in tropical countries and is normally seen on the feet, back, buttocks, thighs, or abdomen.

58 comments:

Unknown said...

Hian...abeg it's not this Nigeria,maybe Niger!

Unknown said...

Hmmm so strange...

Chinedu said...

Lol... He is China, he is not original.... If not he wouldn't have the worm... Is he the only one that have visited Nigeria??? He should pack well jor

oluchi said...

Jesus.it look disgusting

Unknown said...

Wow Naija of many things... pele Mr
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

Anonymous said...

Mk I go chck if dese stretch marks dem na worm ooo!lol

dharmmy said...

Where did he go to? Hehee

Unknown said...

Hmmm...Nigeria my country

Unknown said...

Hehehehehehehe can't look,it's awful

Unknown said...

Lol, where in Nigeria did he go? Niger Delta swamps?

Anonymous said...

Linda you really have to be cautious the negative news you carry around painting your country a bad name all in the name of money making. A friend from Nigeria came for a visit in England in 2001 and contacted WAX disease but was never a news or publicised so I don't know why you have decided to use your gift to bring down the name of a country that feeds you.

Anonymous said...

They've started their propaganda o! Which holiday in Nigeria? Did he go swimming in remote village stream? Liar liar oshi

waffymercyjohnson said...

Wowww
Instresting

Unknown said...

They wouldn't listen when you tell them to be in their shoes.

Unknown said...

Why does it have to be in Nigeria?

www.frayokit.info said...

That is a pity! Sorry man!!!

Unknown said...

Ok

Anonymous said...

Dt man must ve visited ebonyi cox dts were such cases r recorded... lol

Unknown said...

Ewwwwww

Joyous babe,Linda ikeji first cousin said...

Nawa o, strange.

Anonymous said...

But it is common in their country as well, so what's the shock?

PrettyChi said...

So does it mean he got the worm here of what?

Unknown said...

Jesus na wah for naija.

Unknown said...

So Nigeria gave him the worms? Smh!

Unknown said...

Hian! Are dey insinuating he got it from Nigeria??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Whaoooooo!! Na wa ooo

Unknown said...

Hmmm.. So na for Naija him dey claim say e happen to am abi?

Eva Da Diva...

KWEEN said...

I've never seen or heard of a Nigerian suffering from this though

QUI OO. said...

WHICH PART OF NIGERIA DID HE STAY DURING HIS STAY? SO WHY HAS THE WORM NON INFESTED THE WHOLE NAIJA PEOPLE.

healthmyfitness said...

Thank goodness he noticed ealier

Anonymous said...

Na wah o;E bi like say na worm full my yansh, here i am thinking its strtched marks. Off to china!!!!!

Psalmuelle aka Samstone. said...

Well. I've not seen this kind of medical case in my naija before.

#LIB ADDICT#

Unknown said...

I really don't get.
I live here and don't have worms. Only God know the forest of a thousand demons that he went to when he came. Abeg he brought it from China like that.

Chizzy Liz said...

**********************He carried it from whreva he dey come from ************* we wey dey here how many we don carry

bae said...

When pork is ur best meat this is d result

Unknown said...

Sorry. More Instagram followers for you

Unknown said...

Lolzzz.. More Instagram followers for you

Pearlie said...

Which Nigeria mbok? Definitely not this one. He should better say where he went...nonsense

Anonymous said...

eww effects of walking around barefoot. and all these people acting surprised. yes, naija is dirty. just go into any local household/kitchen. so we endeavor to save our bodies from germs and disease as naijapeople

CHERYL (aka FROM GLORY to GLORY) said...

Nigeria! Meanwhile Nigerians have never heard of cases like this!

Anonymous said...

Na waoo. Hope you the varicose veins I had when I pregnant with my third baby is not worm o. Really scared now cause the veins has not cleared for more than two years now.

Hessaawards2019.com said...

So Nigeria is now the land of worms??




Na me talk am!






Long Live LIb!!

Unknown said...

Hahahaha....after trip to Nigeria

Unknown said...

Lol u re nt serious

gentle said...

So she should hide the news or what? Isn't it better for it to be brought to light so the government can have sense and increase its sanitary measures. At least we dnt have to worry about the sanitary state of England...and only Ur friend knows what conditions he exposed himself to when he went there.

Adaobi said...

When their bodies are as soft as agege bread, why won't worm enter. besides, was he walking barefooted? Jee nodu ana biko

Unknown said...

Smilin....smilin.....WC naija huh? Smilin.....he is not serious ooooo; maybe it was a stopover, smilin....u Neva talk true

Anonymous said...

Gift if I hear na so she dey sale anything to for money she thinks na only wen person lie wt bk abegi leave d bitch she has done it to me this one na small. Womb wey lack miscarriage retard bitch

fab said...

Its probably guinea worm and its endermic in ebonyi state nigeria

Pretty face said...

Hmmmmmmm na wa o

Anonymous said...

God bless you for this comment. journalism is not all about making money or fame, you have a responsibility to portray your country in a positive light as much as possible. This story shouldn't have made it to your blog, Linda.

Unknown said...

Ode read the story well..b4 u talk rubbish

Unknown said...

LMAO @forest of a thousand demons.. It looks disgusting. Linda u ought to Av put 'graphic pic'... It's so yucky!

Unknown said...

LMAOoooooo... Can u just be serious??

Yetty k said...

Wia he waka go sef 4 naija cos me wey be born en bred 4 naija neva even see d worm b4 talkless of entering my feet

linda ikeji's driver. said...

Dat worm is very common in streams n swamps.

Unknown said...

My daughter experience d same thing last two yrs

Unknown said...

My daughter experience d same thing last two yrs

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