A SEVEN-year-old boy complained of itchy raised lines on his foot - which turned out to be worms inside him. The child developed the symptoms after playing barefoot on the sand with friends. 1 The child contracted the parasites after stepping on faeces from an infected animal which bore the larva Parasitic worms had burrowed beneath the boy's skin, leaving his left heel with the raised lines.
The child, from Namibia , contracted the parasites after stepping on faeces from an infected animal which bore the larva. According to the case study, published in Scientific Research , the child told doctors that the lines on his foot became more pronounced when he scratched them. Medics asked about the boy's home, and learned he was from the desnsely populated are of Rundu in Northeast Namibia , and had been playing barefoot in the sand.
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