Schistosoma Mansoni Part 2

Yesterday we took the medicine that will kill the nasty Schistosoma Mansoni larva that are currently living in our lungs following our swim in Bong Mines Lake last August. This is what en.wikipedia.org says about it: Among human parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis (sometimes called bilharziasis) ranks second behind malaria in terms of socio-economic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas. The disease is endemic in 76 developing countries, infecting more than 200 million people in rural agricultural and peri-urban areas, and placing more than 600 million people at risk. Of the infected patients, 20 million suffer severe consequences from the disease, and 120 million are symptomatic. Some estimate that there are approximately 20,000 deaths related to schistosomiasis yearly. In many areas, schistosomiasis infects a large proportion of children under 14 years of age. An estimated 500–600 million people worldwide are at risk from the disease. The tablets tasted so horrible that I can still taste them today. Anyway, we are thanking the Lord that we are some of the fortunate minority that are diagnosed and treated before we get really sick. Photo of Colin the Schistosoma Mansoni Worm. Oh how I will miss him! Olly