So there are a bunch of fungi that cause this particular kind of infection, clumped together as one condition known as eumycetoma. Because it usually shows up in the feet, for example after stepping on a contaminated object and getting a wound with spores in (WEAR SHOES, PEOPLE), it's commonly known as madura foot. No infection is particularly fun ( Read more... )

Who's taken my fur coat? Vets baffled by bald bears with mystery condition


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Hey all, I just wanted to post a new(ish) vid about an Indonesian man, Dede Koswara, who is often called the "Tree Man" because of the unusual warts & gnarled, branch-like growths that covered his hands & feet due to an HPV infection he contracted from a cut on his knee ( Read more... )

First post FTW (or FTF)

Today we'll be talking about tapeworms, beef tapeworms, pork tapeworms and the wonderful structures that keep them firmly lodged into the inside of your guts, like this little bugger:


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I don't know about you, but I've always thought of amoebas as being rather harmless.

Well, apparently not.

The brain eating amoeba, aka Naegleria fowleri (we're going to keep calling it the brain eating amoeba because it's much cooler sounding), is found all over the world but is most common in warm, freshwater bodies like lakes and rivers.  Although ( Read more... )