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Tropical Vacation Turns Nasty with Flesh-Eating Bacteria

A man contracts something while in Belize, which turns out to be Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

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After a woman suffers having cysts surgically removed from her right breast, things get even worse when surgical sponges are accidentally left inside of her.WWW

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Found in contaminated food and water, Entamoeba histolytica is a parasite that feeds on living cells in the human gut.WWW

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Entamoeba histolytica

After eating some raw sushi, a woman begins a fight for her life as a mass containing parasitic worms creates a blockage in her colon. The woman has Anisakiasis, a disease caused by Anisakis worms.WWW

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A disease begins eating a boy's face from the inside, forcing doctors to begin removing the infected flesh to save his life.WWW

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Boy Eaten Inside Out

A happily married couple's trip to New York becomes a nightmare when they learn that they have been infected with the Bubonic Plague, not only putting their lives in danger but anyone who comes into contact with them.WWW

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Bubonic Plague Eats Man Alive

Leishmaniasis kills skin cells in mass numbers, causing prominent skin sores. In extreme cases, it attacks the face itself, leaving the victim disfigured.WWW

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Leishmaniasis and Skin Sores

The Leishmania parsite feeds directly on the vital organs from the inside-out. It's spread through infected sand flies.WWW

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The Leishmania Parasite

Acanthamoeba is a voracious parasite that enters the body through the skin or the nose, then devours brain cells.WWW

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The Acanthamoeba Parasite

While swimming with a friend a man has a seizure and collapses. Shortly after, he finds out that a pork tapeworm has been slowly eating away at his brain!WWW

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Tapeworm In My Brain

Even dead, the larvae of parasitic roundworms can cause river blindness, or Onchocerciasis. These parasites are transmitted through the saliva of blackflies.WWW

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River Blindness

Burrowing through the skin and internal organs, gnathostoma worms can eventually cause paralysis and death.WWW

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Gnathostoma Worms

The pork tapeworm is a particularly vicious parasite because it can end up in the most important organ in the human body: the brain.WWW

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Pork Tapeworm in Brain

A fitness fanatic cannot understand why he is too fatigued to work out until he learns an infection in his colon has created a tear, causing e-coli to spread through his body.WWW

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A journalist just back from West Africa is experiencing night sweats and fever-induced nightmares among other terrifying symptoms. WHAT could he have picked up on his travels abroad?WWW

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When Rich, a journalist just back from West Africa, is feeling so ill he needs to race to the hospital, doctors soon learn it's a parasite called 'Entamoeba histolytiche,' the world's deadliest parasite after Malaria.WWW

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Medical sponges left in your body after surgery can be deadly. Each year as many as 6,000 patients have medical equipment left in their body after surgery. Up to 35% of those with sponges left in their body will die.WWW

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When one man hits his head and starts feeling nauseated, he heads to the clinic where doctors make a HORRIFYING discovery: HE HAS A METAL NAIL IN HIS BRAIN. Can he survive and, make a full recovery??WWW

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