Uh oh, bumpkin. Time to run down to the K-Mart and pick up some kicks, eh? We can't lose such a national treasure as you. The bloggers would run amok.
#TheBarefootHillbilly
Posted on 11/06/2021 10:05:21 AM PDT by tired&retired
A Texas community is dealing with the spread of an intestinal parasite that inhabits the guts of humans and other animals and excretes larvae during defecation.
The Guardian reports 16 residents in Rancho Vista, Texas -- located within an hour from Austin -- were notified that they were infected by Strongyloides after giving blood and stool samples to a noted university conducting a study researching the spread of the parasite.
The report confirms the individuals included a woman who was pregnant and a 2-year-old child.
Strongyloides are capable of contaminating soil due to a sewage leak and surviving up to three weeks. It's common for the parasite to burrow through the skin of a person walking barefoot, enter their bloodstream and lungs and rise into the windpipe, where Strongyloides are coughed up and swallowed.
However, the town's parasite infection was previously unknown given researchers labeled it anonymously as "Community A" and residents are concerned no one capable of helping will lend them aid.
Rancho Vista has an estimated 400 homes on a small number of streets. Its population is mostly comprised of Mexican Americans or immigrants from Mexico, many of which who work in lower-paying fields, according to the Guardian .
Strongyloides are considered to be one of the most neglected soil-transmitted parasites as doctors who lack training in tropical medicine are unable to recognize them and aren't mandated to report findings to state authorities.
However, more than half a billion individuals globally are estimated to be infected, which includes detected infections in U.S. areas such as Appalachia and Los Angeles County.
Strongyloides -- though, at times, symptomless -- are the deadliest of soil-transmitted parasites as it's capable of multiplying throughout the body and causing death in individuals with lower immune systems.
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Ivermectin, anyone?
> the town’s parasite infection was previously unknown <
Hmm...a new infection appears in Texas just as there is a huge increase in illegal immigration. Nope, I don’t see any connection there.
Let’s go Brandon!
My thoughts exactly.
It’s always something.
Uh oh, bumpkin. Time to run down to the K-Mart and pick up some kicks, eh? We can't lose such a national treasure as you. The bloggers would run amok.
#TheBarefootHillbilly
Ping!
So, more than COVID. Sounds like we should go into lockdown again. I say we prescribe a course of Ivermectin to every living soul on the planet to prevent and treat this scourge.
It will also have the benefit of wiping out COVID and attempted tyrannical socialist takeovers.
Right you are. And who knows what the Afghans will bring. Stuff we have no immunity to.
I’ve been going barefoot most of my life. Only wear socks and shoes when I go out in public. I’m not worried.
Horse paste in the parraffin foot wax.
Ivermectin, or pure gum spirits of turpentine (turpentine has not yet been politicized).
Third world parasites of all kinds are coming across the Southern border.
Another third world pandemic thanks to China Joe’s immigration policy.
From CDC site:
First line therapy
Ivermectin<, in a single dose, 200 µg/kg orally for 1—2 days
Relative contraindications include the following:
Confirmed or suspected concomitant Loa loa infection
Persons weighing less than 15kg
Pregnant or lactating women
Oral ivermectin is available for human use in the United States.
Alternative
Albendazole, 400 mg orally two times a day for 7 days.
Relative contraindications:
Hypersensitivity to benzimidazole compounds or any component of product
Use should be avoided in the 1st trimester of pregnancy
Oral albendazole is available for human use in the United States.
In patients with positive stool examination for Strongyloides and persistent symptoms, follow-up stool exams should be performed 2—4 weeks after treatment to confirm clearance of infection. If recrudescence of larvae is observed, retreatment is indicated.
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