Doctors in southern China had to remove two 10cm-long living worms from the arm of an anguished woman after she reported a big lump.
The woman, surnamed Wang, said the lump, which first appeared on her arm a year ago, got bigger and bigger. Eventually, it ballooned to the size of a quail egg.
Wang said the sharp pain from the swollen mass prompted her to seek medical treatment at Shenzhen People’s Hospital in Guangdong province, reported Shenzhen TV.
Doctors said the two worms taken out of Wang’s arm were sparganum, a type of parasite commonly found in the bodies of people with an unhealthy lifestyle.
Wang recalled that she often cooked frogs at home, killing them on the same chopping board that she used to prepare cold dishes.
According to the doctors at the hospital, Wang’s kitchen knife and chopping board might have been polluted by sparganum cysts.
As she prepared the cold dishes on the board, the cysts were probably attached to the chopped food and as a result had entered people’s bodies.
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South China Morning PostParty-alignedCenter3 days agoChinese doctors removed two 10cm-long live worms from a woman's arm after she experienced persistent pain for a year. The woman, identified only by her surname Wang, had a growing lump on her arm that eventually reached the size of a quail egg. She sought treatment at Shenzhen People’s Hospital, where doctors identified the worms as sparganum, a type of parasite. Wang admitted to frequently cooking frogs at home and using the same chopping board for both raw meat and cold dishes, which likely led to contamination.
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