The Moving Bump On The Face Of The Russian Woman Turned Out To Be A Prazite Worm

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A strange bump on the face of this resident of Russia turned out to be a parasitic worm that penetrated the skin. Doctors came to the aid of the victim and removed him. In the latest issue of the authoritative scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine, the story of a Russian woman was published, who noticed a small seal just above the left eye. Initially, the woman was not too scared by this and even took a selfie, but a subsequent photo convinced her that the seal had moved. After that, the woman began to take photographs regularly, and they showed that the bump stubbornly moved along her face. After 5 days, she dropped from the area above the left eye to the upper lip. Only after that did the woman decide to go to an ophthalmologist. It turned out that the Russian woman was the victim of an attack by a parasite worm called Dirofilaria repens. These worms normally infect dogs, cats, foxes and other wild mammals, usually living in the tissues under the skin. People turn out to be their accidental victims, that is, carriers, where the worms did not want to get to. This is also due to the fact that when this parasitic worm enters the human body, it cannot reproduce itself. Worms are carried by mosquito bites, and human infections are sometimes reported in certain areas of Europe, Asia and Africa. The Russian woman became infected after she visited a dacha near Moscow, where she was often bitten by mosquitoes. She was treated by Dr. Vladimir Kartashov, professor of medicine at Rostov State Medical University. He stressed that since 1997, more than 4,000 such infections have been recorded in Russia and Ukraine. The parasite worm was successfully removed in a simple surgical operation, and the woman recovered completely. (READ MORE)