Monsters Inside Me
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After years of severe stomach pains and other painful symptoms, Jackie discovers she's been suffering from Schistosomiasis, or snail fever.
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Six-and-a-Half Years of Agony
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Only 20 percent of infected individuals will show symptoms of Zika, making it often misdiagnosed. To make matters worse, it can result in devastating birth defects if a woman catches before or during pregnancy.
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The Devastating Effects of the Zika Virus
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Charlye Hebert has been experiencing nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for months. Despite an initial diagnosis and treatment for stomach ulcers, her symptoms have yet to subside.
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Stomach Issues are Hard to Digest
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Doctors and family are stunned when they discover the cause of Kennedy's poor health is due to an extreme allergy to nickel, which can be traced to the metal braces on her teeth.
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How Orthodontic Braces Nearly Killed a Teenager
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Xander's condition takes a devastating turn when his skin starts peeling off his body.
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My Son’s Skin is Falling Off
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Now that doctors know what's wrong with Xander, they put him on life support to give him the best chance of recovery.
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Leaves Boy Fighting for His Life
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After spending two months in a coma as a result of a Group A Streptococcus infection, Katy wakes up to the devastating news that all four limbs had to be amputated in order to keep her alive.
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When Amputation is the Only Option
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After complaining about pain on his head, 8-year-old Andrew is rushed to the ER, where doctors remove a botfly larva from his scalp.
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Botfly Larva Lives on Boy’s Scalp for Weeks
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When doctors cannot find anything in his mouth, biology professor John Allen takes matters into his own hands and extracts a rare parasite called Gongylonema pulchrum.
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Biologist Removes Parasite from His Own Mouth
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After suffering from an array of symptoms for months, Al Ceccarelli is diagnosed with Strongyloides, a disease caused by parasitic worms found in tropical climates.
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Thousands of Parasitic Worms Invade the Body
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As soon as doctors make an incision near Paul’s eye, out pops a larva.
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There's Larvae In My Eye!
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An ovarian teratoma removed from Kira’s body featured hair, teeth, tissue and other cells, resulting in her erratic behavior and sickness.
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The Teratoma the Size of a Large Football
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Sam's worsening flu-like symptoms takes him to the emergency room, where his urine indicates something dangerously wrong with his renal system.
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Does Your Urine Look Like Iced Tea?
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With Brianna's head abrasion getting worse, her parents rush her to the ER where a dermatologist hears something terrifying coming from her scalp.
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Something’s Eating Away at My Scalp
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When a high school football star begins to experience odd symptoms, his parents take him to the hospital.
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Football Star’s Fall
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Stephanie noticed her 4-year-old son, Alex, came home with less energy than usual. But what seemed like the result of a long day at school quickly turned into a race to the emergency room.
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Mystery Pains Overtake a 4-Year-Old Boy
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Mark Johnstone is having a very unusual sensation near his scrotum. What could it be?
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Something Is Squirming In This Man's Scrotum
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After being diagnosed with multiple different diseases, this patient’s symptoms still won’t get better.
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Worsening Symptoms But No Diagnosis
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A man contracts something while in Belize, which turns out to be Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.
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Tropical Vacation Turns Nasty with Flesh-Eating Bacteria
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After Lauren is diagnosed with encephalitis, doctors finally discover the cause: a teratoma, or parasitic twin, on her ovary.
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Woman's Parasitic Twin Wreaks Havoc on Her Body
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A button battery has burned a hole the size of a quarter in this patient’s nose.
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Boy Puts Button Battery Up Nose, Causes Massive Damage
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Mark had been experiencing a tingling sensation that turned into a stabbing pain. What he thought were cramps suddenly escalated to a much more serious condition.
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When the Cramps Get Worse
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Stephanie noticed her 4-year-old son, Alex, came home with less energy than usual. But what seemed like the result of a long day at school quickly turned into a race to the emergency room.
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Mystery Pains Overtake a 4-Year-Old Boy
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When a high school football star begins to experience odd symptoms, his parents take him to the hospital.
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Football Star’s Fall
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Doctors have to act fast when an apparent infection is spreading fast on one woman's arm. When they discover it's the work of a vicious type of flesh-eating bacteria, the clock is ticking to save her.
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Arm Literally Eaten Alive by Flesh-Eating Bacteria
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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?
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Back from West Africa with Terrifying Symptoms
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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.
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What Can Horrifyingly LIQUIFY Your Liver Into Brown Mush?
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When an EMS' own son starts having seizures, a nightmare begins for their entire family. The eventual diagnosis is heartbreaking and doctors are not hopeful.
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What Is 'Triple E' and Why Should You Care?
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SNEAK PEEK: When one woman is convinced she has a worm in her eyeball - yet her doctor is not - she decides to take matters into her own hands. Literally. With a pair of tweezers. *shudder*
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Never, Ever Take Tweezers to Your Eyeball. EVER.
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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.
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Beware of Medical Sponges Left In Your Body After Surgery
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Well, hopefully you won't experience the kind of horrific discovery one woman made when doctors found a parasite living in her eyeball.
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Ever Feel Like Something's In Your Eye and You Can't Get It Out?
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When a doctor discovers a worm in a woman's eyeball, they immediately perform surgery to remove it. Everyone's SHOCKED when they extract a 7- to 8-inch-long worm.
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When You Have an 8-Inch-Long Worm In Your Eyeball
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