Horror as tiny worms with teeth attack Victorian couple

A VICTORIAN couple endured a health nightmare after tiny worms with teeth began eating through their bodies.

"The worms are 1-3mm long and have got these sharp little teeth and they can go anywhere they like in the body," Dr Fuller said. The worm works its way around the human body until it dies or is killed by the immune system. "They move under the skin and cause itchy lumps that can make you feel sick - and it can be very hard to diagnose."

The worms can stay in a human for 15 years, leaving people chronically ill. They can make their way into the brain, other organs and the spinal cord. "They eat your tissues," Dr Fuller said.

This is pretty Strange stuff, worms that eat you alive

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Great, something else to worry about.

Tiny worms. With teeth. Under the skin!

I suspect if you went to most doctors and insisted there were tiny, needle-teethed worms traveling freely under your skin, you'd probably end up in rehab or the psych ward. No longer, perhaps...

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haha true..

Although I can see many hypochondriacs running to the ER because of little bumps on their skin now, all worried about the possibility of flesh eating worms hollowing them out ha

Crazy stuff... good find OP pretty nauseating stuff haha

Thats one disgusting story.
Thanks for freaking me out.

Wow, its like a miniature version of the ALP.

Gillard and Abbot had better watch out....if they start their own party and mandate to remove the Carbon Tax, the current parasites could be voted out in favour of worms with teeth

Makes me want to go back to my bottle of vodka a day habit since nothing lived in my system when I did that.

Nasty looking little buggers.

i suddenly feel itchy....


if you don't like this story, then don't ever watch the show "monsters inside me"

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It's a good thing to know. Another reason not to eat raw or undercooked fish.

Kind of reminds me of the Mongolian Death Worms episode from Destination Truth

First documented infection in Australia, wow. If concerned, ate some wild caught fish lately, etc. Ask your doctor for a wormer, can only help! Same goes for pets in question, with pyrantel pamoate tx.

Most people would be surprised to find that they have worms in their digestive tract. Solution Eat slightly green pawpaw and the skin as well it kills the little buggers and helps you pass them.
Of course do you own research but it does work. Also Paw paw on rashes alleviates the itch and gets rid of redness.

I think I'll be fine, I just downed some of my dogs heartworm meds.

Originally posted by thegrandpotato
I think I'll be fine, I just downed some of my dogs heartworm meds.

I'll call the air ambulance for you then ??

PDUK

Odd that the article says they were treated with antibiotics, as opposed to something like an anti-helminth drug.