• Question: What is the most unusual disease u have come across

    Asked by Hfrbyvrtvhtbhbe to Kevin, Liz, Beccy, Rosie on 14 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 14 Jun 2017:


      lung worms – I find that the most awful to contemplate of the parasitic diseases I know

    • Photo: Rebecca Corkill

      Rebecca Corkill answered on 14 Jun 2017:


      Loa loa worm. This is known as the eye worm, as it normally localises in that organ.

    • Photo: Rosie Fok

      Rosie Fok answered on 14 Jun 2017:


      It is not an infection, but a type of tumour called a teratoma. The tumour can grow recognisable bits of body tissue, in the wrong place. So, you can find a perfectly formed molar tooth, for example, in someones abdomen.

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