Thousands of worms extracted from toddler’s body*

29.10.2006    
Source:pravda.ru

Thousands of worms have been surgically removed from the stomach and the
intestines of the South American girl who was only one year and four
months old.

Doctors in Paraguay were literally shocked after discovering such a
large amount of creatures inside the child.

Surgeon Hugo Medina, the head of a local family clinic told the
journalists that he has never in his life seen so many worms inside a
body so small. The child remains in critical condition, but according to
Medina she should be able to survive.

The doctor added that the worms extracted from her intestines belonged
to the Nematoda species of parasites.

“The parasites were all dead when we discovered them. The child had
apparently been taken to the emergency room where she was given an
extreme doze of some medicine against tapeworms.

However, because there were hundreds of them the girl’ stomach was
simply too small, their dead bodies filled her intestines. If it weren’t
for the surgery, the girl would have died.

“My little granddaughter could not even tell us how badly she was
feeling,” the man told the journalists, “She had a very high fever, and
we kept taking her to various medical centers receiving rejections
pretty much anywhere.

Ultima Hora reports that the incident took place in the village of
Conception, a 250 kilometers from the nation’s capital Asuncion.

Source: Ultima Hora

Translated by Natalia Vysotskaya
Pravda.ru