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| Married man ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Parasites Everyone's favorite topic. Most people are familiar with the macroscopic parasites such as mosquitos, ticks (my mortal enemies), and fleas, but I doubt most people are familiar with microscopic parasites such as this brain eating bug!! I recently went through a bout with giardia (another amoeba) and am still reeling from the infection (doc says I may never fully recover What are your experiences/thoughts about parasites? Do you know of some particularly interesting examples? What can we do to better protect ourselves from these fiends? ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | |
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Morgellons disease: The itch that won't be scratched - health - 12 September 2007 - New Scientist I read about Morgellons disease in the New Scientist Magazine. Apparently it is a fungus infection that produces similar effects to mental diseases and has been confused with them, much to the detriment of the sufferers. | ||
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I'll not burden you with the pix here. Oh, OK, just a mild one. ![]() ---------------- 'Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.' Stephen Hawking 'There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.' Richard Feynman Last edited by Hill; 10-12-2007 at 07:06 PM. | |||
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Morgellons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | ||
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It looks like something you'd see while scuba diving. ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | ||||
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---------------- 'Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.' Stephen Hawking 'There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.' Richard Feynman | ||
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---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | ||
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Do you mean together? Or each on their own? Lovely Rita, meter maid ![]() Freezy ---------------- Hypography Science Forums Moderator --- "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan "We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie | ||
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Growing up, a neighbor traveled the world doing ecological studies. One way these guys used to avoid having trouble with the water or foods (I forget which) was they would infect themselves with tape worm. Something about having a tapeworm reduced their chances of having other gut disease bouts while out on the sides of Nepals mountains, Indias forests, etc. IIRC, 3 days of prune juice expelled the introduced worm. Other note. My camping trip on the St Croix had a warning about some kind of microscopic trouble maker rearing its head in the waters with the attached advisory about not drinking the water/boiling water. I had brought in my own water for the trip so I was not at risk. | ||
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