Guinea worm Video

Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is an infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. The parasite is alternately known in English as "Guinea worm", "Medina worm", and finally "fiery serpent" which reflects the Latin root word Dracunculus meaning "little dragon".

In a world...?
In a world...?

Damn, seeing? that ...
Damn, seeing? that AXN logo brings memories.

@driedtodust Yes ...
@driedtodust Yes they can boil water but that means firewood for cooking will be short...the best idea is to get rid of the parasite for good....make them extinct,,,,from what I hear? what they do to kill the parasite is that they will let the worm release its larva into a bucket of water and then extract the worm and the let the water (with the larva) just let it dry out in the sun which kills the larva.

That is probably ...
That is probably one of the grossest? things I have seen in my life... And I'm not easily grossed out. If we got them solar ovens, couldn't they boil water with that if they can't easily get fire wood? It's sad that people still have to live like this.

@billbinmei you ...
@billbinmei you f**king should feel? bad....

why dont they give ...
why dont they give that person anaethetic when removving? the worm?

@billbinmei no ...
@billbinmei no s**t? right? you wanna slap some people in africa... USE A CONDOM! BOIL WATER...

@BeeNinjas You are ...
@BeeNinjas You are an? mmmmmb***h that likes mmmmmmbananas.

The problem with ...
The problem with boiling water is that in GW endemic areas there is usually little available fire wood (or other fuel) and the? little that exists must be used for cooking. Boiling water is simply a luxury that these communities cannot afford.

update your system ...
update your system everybody Hell it's 2011..get a new Antivirus!?

It costs money to ...
It costs money to boil water, and? most of these folks are exstremely poor. But your right it would fix the problem.

poor guy. that ...
poor guy. that looks like it really hurts.?

Gotta love the? ...
Gotta love the? dramatic voice

All praise? the ...
All praise? the almighty lord,creator of all living things on the earth :)

wwooww?
wwooww?

Why cant they boil ...
Why cant they boil it they can create fire cant? they

Vile things. Bless ...
Vile things. Bless Carter? and the Carter foundation!

@billbinmei The ...
@billbinmei The video is wrong. It's not the worm people drink, it's small crustaceans that have? eaten the worm eggs. Boiling the water,is alot of work for a drink Being used now and extremely simple and effective. People use straws with mesh covering them. This prevents the crustaceans from being ingested. (The method the worm uses to enter the water is as follows: The burning sensation is caused as the worm emerges. So people place it in water to cool it. It then releases eggs into the water.

@Wiggyify It would ...
@Wiggyify It would be good? to identify this for non-rejection.

what is it about ...
what is it about the worm that makes the immune system unable to recognise it?!?

@billbinmei these ...
@billbinmei these people dont even have enough resources to actually boil water! i bet some sort of filters for cyclops? would be more effective

@bfd0902 its not ...
@bfd0902 its not so easy, if you pull the worm out too harshly it'll rupture and send the patient into? an anaphylactic shock which could kill him\her! sorrry for the jargon :)

wait..it makes a ...
wait..it makes a blister on the? skin. why not just cut open the blister and get it???

Omg! If people ...
Omg! If people would stop investing? 50% of their bugdets to army's and use it to help countries like that and stop attacking them the world would be better wouldn't it?

@Presidentjh? Most ...
@Presidentjh? Most parasites in general I believe...

@Scrillls animals.. ...
@Scrillls animals..r vectors....whereas humans r primary host...therefore disease occur in humans n not cyclops.....?

@billbinmei well it ...
@billbinmei well it can live a citys water system 2...so next time you take a? bath ;) dont drink any water....

@livinglegend1187 ...
@livinglegend1187 Maybe when? a f**king redneck douche bag like you is killed, the world's avergae IQ will rise by about 20 points.

@livinglegend1187 ...
@livinglegend1187 Now that's just mean, shouldn't we? blame the blondes?