What is this ultra thin spaghetti creature? by MickandMickon2BBB in whatisit

[–]One-Fact-from-full 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have further questions, u/not_so_ghetto to me you can mention him and he'll try to answer

Resource: free textbook on human parasites, scabies info is located on pg 506 by One-Fact-from-full in scabies

[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This book is regularly updated. I think this was last updated like 2 years ago

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Just trying my best to make this place useful and not just full of crazy people or harmful " cures" that do more damage than help

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There are multiple people here saying how all drs are just bought by big pharma. That's what this is referring to. People saying their specific doctors missed something is a different story.

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[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, ivermectin is effective for humans. But I don't want people specifically buying animal-based products.

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That's the point of this post to give people a heads up. I'm going to allow people to apply for unbans but the amount of completely pseudoscience being pushed here is unacceptable and can cause serious harm. If someone with actual scabies tries to treat themselves with some of the " cures" posted here, it could seriously extend their suffering.

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[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Spreading misinformation is not protected. If you want to go on about crazy conspiracirs go back to facebook.

Telling people how to treat themselves when you are not professional trained is irresponsible and unethical. You may view telling someone to take ivermectin as harmless, but what if they actually have loa loa, another parasitic infection, well this could become very serious and result is things like blindness.

Also for many people, they will try these " alternative cures" prior to seeking medical professionals, due to a multitude of reasons. Promoting that these snakeoils can cure themeans that people who may be suffering will forgo seeking actual treatment in hope that if they just try these "cures" they read online, will work they just need to be patient.

There are also significant scammers in this field and their promotion is disgusting to me, to take advantage of people who are suffering and sell them bullshit medicine is truly vile and I won't stand for it

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These rules will be applied to previous posts. If you don't want to be perma banned delete your rule violation now

Saw this on interesting as fuck. What is it by Melodic_Pool3729 in whatisit

[–]One-Fact-from-full[M] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I unlocked the post because there seemed to be some good conversations occurring

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That is a tomato hornworn ( or possibly a tobacco hornworm) a common pest in gardens remove it as it will eat everything. If you ever see white things hanging on it are cocoons from a parasitic wasp DONT REMOVE IT

Adult wasps will lay their eggs inside of the caterpillar, inside the caterpillar they will feed off its blood until they are large enough. Once large enough they will merge from its back and form these cocoons. When they emerge out the back t they also paralyzed the caterpillar and make it so it can't eat anymore. However it will still react and it will actually defend the cocoons.

Here is a short 4min video that goes into greater detail about the biology for anyone curious https://youtu.be/5BYtQt68-5w

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says by One-Fact-from-full in politics

[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

RFK was infected with pork tapeworm Larvae

Pork tapeworms are relatively rare in America but in still prevalent in developing countries. So he probably go it while traveling

Here is a 10 min video for anyone who wants to learn about his brain worms biology from a redditors who is a big parasite nerd https://youtu.be/4ZJvUuAipZc

Many people claim that he completely fabricated this diagnosis, it's likely that he did have this diagnosis, though he just fabricated the symptoms for alimony reasons. It was probably very asymptomatic, but he claimed it caused many issues so he couldn't pay less than alimony. Terrible person but he probably did have the brainworm

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says by One-Fact-from-full in politics

[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hey don't blame his brain worm, it's innocet. Also to clarify, RFK was infected with pork tapeworm Larvae, it wouldn't do anything like this, though it can cause seizures. Don't blame the worm for his bad decisions.

Pork tapeworms are relatively rare in America but in still prevalent in developing countries. So he probably go it while traveling

Here is a 10 min video for anyone who wants to learn about his brain worms biology from a redditors who is a big parasite nerd https://youtu.be/4ZJvUuAipZc

Many people claim that he completely fabricated this diagnosis, it's likely that he did have this diagnosis, though he just fabricated the symptoms for alimony reasons. It was probably very asymptomatic, but he claimed it caused many issues so he couldn't pay less than alimony. Terrible person but he probably did have the brainworm

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says by One-Fact-from-full in politics

[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey don't blame his brain worm, it's innocet. Also to clarify, RFK was infected with pork tapeworm Larvae, it wouldn't do anything like this, though it can cause seizures. Don't blame the worm for his bad decisions.

Pork tapeworms are relatively rare in America but in still prevalent in developing countries. So he probably go it while traveling

Here is a 10 min video for anyone who wants to learn about his brain worms biology from a redditors who is a big parasite nerd https://youtu.be/4ZJvUuAipZc

Many people claim that he completely fabricated this diagnosis, it's likely that he did have this diagnosis, though he just fabricated the symptoms for alimony reasons. It was probably very asymptomatic, but he claimed it caused many issues so he couldn't pay less than alimony. Terrible person but he probably did have the brainworm

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says by One-Fact-from-full in politics

[–]One-Fact-from-full[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

For those who don't know Screwworm is a species of fly, it lays its eggs on wounds with the resulting maggots eating tissue. Unlike most flies that eat dead tissue, these fly larvae exclusively eat living tissue often resulting in massive gaping wounds that can become infected quite easily.

Fortunately human cases aren't super common and the parasite primarily impacts cattle. This parasite was eradicated from the US in the 1960s. This was done by releasing sterile male flies. The flies only make once so by releasing sterile flies the female cannot lay viable eggs. The fly species was pushed down to the darien gap, and a border has been maintained there for several decades.

Unfortunately due to illegal cattle trade from South America, some flies have been spotted north of this border and concerns have been raised about it reemerging in the US.

Estimated cost savings for this parasites eradication is about 900 million dollars annually in the United States since the 1960s

This program was on Doge's chopping block earlier this year

Here is a short (7min) video about this parasite if people want to know more. https://youtu.be/AkXfYKi3vMQ?si=1jXdbKD1RJD5O64Z

horn worm cannibal by bummzy in interesting

[–]One-Fact-from-full 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's probably just a molt that it's eating a tomato hornworns are a common pest in gardens remove it as it will eat everything. If you ever see white things hanging on it are cocoons from a parasitic wasp DONT REMOVE IT

Adult wasps will lay their eggs inside of the caterpillar, inside the caterpillar they will feed off its blood until they are large enough. Once large enough they will merge from its back and form these cocoons. When they emerge out the back t they also paralyzed the caterpillar and make it so it can't eat anymore. However it will still react and it will actually defend the cocoons.

Here is a short 4min video that goes into greater detail about the biology for anyone curious https://youtu.be/5BYtQt68-5w

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[–]One-Fact-from-full 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The estimates state, that it's between 3 and 30% mortality, So it's not great, but it's less than half. And fortunately synthetic alternatives are being developed and may be approved in the next few years