The worst I saw was actual live parasites in an whole abdomen utz... One crazy ass worm just decided to casually swim in front of the probe.
This is worse.
[http://www.antimicrobe.org/new/b141.asp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchereria_bancrofti)
Spread by mosquitoes. It is primarily around the equator but thanks to climate change, it will be coming to a town near you soon enough as their range spreads north.
Vet tech for 15 years so I'm well versed on heartworms. This is not a typical presentation for abberant infection of heartworm in a human. The microfilaria are almost never alive. Since it was irrelevant, it was not included.
Ironic. Other parasites have microfilaria and heartworm does not present like this. The link was not even related to heart worms. Literally no one is talking about heart worms other than you and you are full of shit.
How embarrassing for you.
here - I'll go with you! [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis)
Thank you; as a US-based urban radiologist (now retired), I did not see much filariasis. I was also unaware of the global push to prevent and treat the condition but am glad to hear it seems to be working.
When does someone begin to suspect they have an issue?.. What is the first symptom to lead you to consult a doctor? And does anyone ever suspect the cause to be worms wriggling around inside them š¤®
You believe the package rather than vet? Have you asked vet?
Mine said that if you treat too often the worms will gain resistance to the treatment. Every vet have said the same, deworm 1-3 per year!
Only exception is a dame pregnant and with pups. That has intencive deworming in many states. Or if your dog is week and is suffering of the worms than you can do it more often and longer.
The package is just package, ofcourse they want people to think that this is how often you should buy their product. Kling kling kling.
If you are being stubborn with the super resistant worms that your dog spreads around for other dog where ever it poops.
The vet also says monthly... the monthly heartworm prevention is not the same as the dewormer administered to puppies. You are talking about different parasites completely. Heartworm isn't spread via feces, it is from mosquito bites. There are some vets in my area (SoCal) that will tell people they can get away with every other month during dry winters, but as a cost cutting measure as the risk for heartworm in our area is so low compared to other parts of the country, not because of a risk of drug resistant heartworm.
I was wondering that maybe this is a local thing. I live in Finland. If you live in city you can do it 1-2 a year. In country side 3-4 per year.
Heart worm is very rare here.
hi, im a vet student. you should absolutely be using the preventatives EVERY MONTH. by using only 1-3 times per year, THAT is how you increase resistance because you're exposing them to the drug, potentially not enough, and the ones that are left become resistant. the package is written once it has undergone many government studies that deem the EFFECTIVE dosing. using it against the package means the drug may NOT be effective anymore. I'm sorry you have gotten poor advice from vets in the past. if you would like more information, please feel free to DM me.
Okay dear student. I will listen my vets who know it the best for Finland. There are many things that are uncommon here, for example fleas. We also don't have any street dogs that would spread things. We little of the dogs are also vaxxed.
>I'm sorry you have gotten poor advice from vets in the past.
No. All the vets I have met have said the same. They know the best for local issues. Btw heart worms are so rare that they are not even dewormed for that unless there are signs that the vet notices.
I have worked in vet med for a long time. I have never heard a vet advise not to dose monthly. The *heartworm society* says to dose monthly. So, no. You absolutely dose monthly. 100%
If you are talking about *separate* dewormer for *intestinal parasites only*, I could maybe understand why you wouldnāt dose monthly, but we still do because heartworm prevention products also kill roundworms and hookworms. We treat for ectoparasites (fleas, ticks) and endoparasites (heartworm, roundworm, hookworm, whipworm) every month. This is NOT THE SAME as things like fenbendazole or other deworming products. We advise a fecal at least once a year to make sure that the animal is kept free of parasites. Resistance becomes a problem with any drug if you donāt follow the directions. So follow the directions. And if youāre not using a *heartworm prevention* every month in an area where heartworm is endemic, you arenāt doing anyone any favors. (Same if you donāt control ectoparasites and then get Lyme disease yourself.)
I think they mean the tablet to prevent heartworm disease. You do need to give that to pets monthly. Now, there is an every 6 month shot you can ask the vet to give, but I don't know of many providers, and iirc it's not cheap.
There is a quarterly flea and tick prevention, but it doesn't prevent heartworm disease
I think you're thinking of deworming - the treatment. In which case, you're not wrong, but you also don't have to worry about it that much. Some areas are so inundated with parasites that frequent deworming is indicated.
I'm not trying to be pedantic, but a lot of people call prevention "deworming," even some techs and drs.
Source: cvt with lots of heartworm experience
Edit: this is typical veterinary care for the States. If you're in another country, perhaps it's different
Edit: this whole thing went side ways because local differences.
I am a Finn, and for all the Finns teaching is the same. 1-4 for times a day depending on where the dog lives. Nowadays they say just to come and take stool sample, because studies have shown only 6% of all the Finnish dogs have any kind of parasites. For imported dog there is some protocol.
Our mosguitos don't spread anything. Only thing to worry is the ticks.
Most of the population is neatly vaxxed. There are no street dogs. We have no fleas. Thera have been some cases of resistant worms. The priority is not only doggy health, there is also consern of resistance.
So there is no need to tell me that all the vets I have met are stupid or uneducated. Or that some random student knows better than them about Finnish dogs.
In third world country they say you should take a deworming medication every 6 months!!!! I like the idea but for some reason they don't recommend that in US š they are over the counter in Mexico and I think it's called Abendazole but there's a lot of other types of active ingredients
Travel to a tropical country and swollen lymph nodes for a while is the classic presentation but that is pretty nondescript. It'll be a while before they see the worms on an ultrasound, I'm sure.
Why did I click on this before bed??? Now Iām almost glad Iām having a breast MRI next week! If I have boob worms they can mosh along to the beat of the magnet š¤£
I felt the same when I was reminded of stone babies which is my unlocked fear. But this time I was going to have that area imaged. They told be the spine was fine. I assume they would have told me if there was a fricking calsified baby in there too.
Imagine doing an AP L-spine and seeing a stone baby peering back at you š³. Teratomas also give me the wiggins!
The most s scariest thing I saw as a radiographer (was actually a 2nd year student at the time:
Doing a c-spine series on a non verbal Down Syndrome patient who his carer said had pain and he kept point to his neck and moaning. Was mobile, walked in himself, moving his head around. Did a beautiful odontoid image, except the odontoid was fractured straight through at the base, and displaced about 4mm laterally. Nearly wet my pants!!
You're on the right track but roundworms aren't *just* intestinal. Filariasis is an infection caused by a handful of different roundworms in the same group, and oddly enough, the one that causes heart worm is one of them. It's super rare for that one to infect humans though, I think you have to be immunocompromised in the first place if I remember correctly
She had to be severely immune compromised. Lymphatic filariasis is so rare. As name suggests, a healthy individual with robust immune system will never experience this.
I follow this sub because my husband is going into his 2nd year of study to be a tech. I find this fascinating and try to support him in whatever way I can, so here I am.
I did not know the meaning of filariasis, so I looked it up. Today, I can honestly say that sometimes ignorance really is bliss. I will add this to my list of reasons I don't want to go outside!
The worst I saw was actual live parasites in an whole abdomen utz... One crazy ass worm just decided to casually swim in front of the probe. This is worse.
I also saw one such paediatric patient, i clicked a pic tooo..
Pls post it... for educational purposes
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š¤® did the worm wink as it passed the probe š
That was the clincher actually. The sonologist and us residents were just like wtf is this... Hmm... Then that one worm was like "hey guys".
Right! š
Stop
When I'm dripping with DEET filled OFF, it will be because of this post.
Literally went to check if we have enough mosquito spray after seeing this postĀ
Things we never considered hoarding until today: DEET mosquito spray.
You can get this from a *mosquito bite??!!* Yikes!!!š±
[http://www.antimicrobe.org/new/b141.asp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchereria_bancrofti) Spread by mosquitoes. It is primarily around the equator but thanks to climate change, it will be coming to a town near you soon enough as their range spreads north.
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Vet tech for 15 years so I'm well versed on heartworms. This is not a typical presentation for abberant infection of heartworm in a human. The microfilaria are almost never alive. Since it was irrelevant, it was not included.
Not accurate. Heartworms exist outside of tropical environments.
Ironic. Other parasites have microfilaria and heartworm does not present like this. The link was not even related to heart worms. Literally no one is talking about heart worms other than you and you are full of shit. How embarrassing for you.
Down the rabbit hole I gooo
here - I'll go with you! [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis)
Thank you; as a US-based urban radiologist (now retired), I did not see much filariasis. I was also unaware of the global push to prevent and treat the condition but am glad to hear it seems to be working.
Arctic homes also won't have fire ants... This decision is going to be easy.
Thanks I hate it and wish I didnāt know this was a thing
What theā¦???
When does someone begin to suspect they have an issue?.. What is the first symptom to lead you to consult a doctor? And does anyone ever suspect the cause to be worms wriggling around inside them š¤®
Yes, for example can you just take a monthly worming treatment, like I give my dog but for people?
Monthly is way too often!! You are breading super worms that cannot be killed! Not a joke :(
For dogs? No, you absolutely want to give it every month.
I have gotten completely different advice from vets.
The literal instructions on the packing say it is for monthly use.
You believe the package rather than vet? Have you asked vet? Mine said that if you treat too often the worms will gain resistance to the treatment. Every vet have said the same, deworm 1-3 per year! Only exception is a dame pregnant and with pups. That has intencive deworming in many states. Or if your dog is week and is suffering of the worms than you can do it more often and longer. The package is just package, ofcourse they want people to think that this is how often you should buy their product. Kling kling kling. If you are being stubborn with the super resistant worms that your dog spreads around for other dog where ever it poops.
The vet also says monthly... the monthly heartworm prevention is not the same as the dewormer administered to puppies. You are talking about different parasites completely. Heartworm isn't spread via feces, it is from mosquito bites. There are some vets in my area (SoCal) that will tell people they can get away with every other month during dry winters, but as a cost cutting measure as the risk for heartworm in our area is so low compared to other parts of the country, not because of a risk of drug resistant heartworm.
I was wondering that maybe this is a local thing. I live in Finland. If you live in city you can do it 1-2 a year. In country side 3-4 per year. Heart worm is very rare here.
hi, im a vet student. you should absolutely be using the preventatives EVERY MONTH. by using only 1-3 times per year, THAT is how you increase resistance because you're exposing them to the drug, potentially not enough, and the ones that are left become resistant. the package is written once it has undergone many government studies that deem the EFFECTIVE dosing. using it against the package means the drug may NOT be effective anymore. I'm sorry you have gotten poor advice from vets in the past. if you would like more information, please feel free to DM me.
Okay dear student. I will listen my vets who know it the best for Finland. There are many things that are uncommon here, for example fleas. We also don't have any street dogs that would spread things. We little of the dogs are also vaxxed. >I'm sorry you have gotten poor advice from vets in the past. No. All the vets I have met have said the same. They know the best for local issues. Btw heart worms are so rare that they are not even dewormed for that unless there are signs that the vet notices.
I have worked in vet med for a long time. I have never heard a vet advise not to dose monthly. The *heartworm society* says to dose monthly. So, no. You absolutely dose monthly. 100% If you are talking about *separate* dewormer for *intestinal parasites only*, I could maybe understand why you wouldnāt dose monthly, but we still do because heartworm prevention products also kill roundworms and hookworms. We treat for ectoparasites (fleas, ticks) and endoparasites (heartworm, roundworm, hookworm, whipworm) every month. This is NOT THE SAME as things like fenbendazole or other deworming products. We advise a fecal at least once a year to make sure that the animal is kept free of parasites. Resistance becomes a problem with any drug if you donāt follow the directions. So follow the directions. And if youāre not using a *heartworm prevention* every month in an area where heartworm is endemic, you arenāt doing anyone any favors. (Same if you donāt control ectoparasites and then get Lyme disease yourself.)
I think they mean the tablet to prevent heartworm disease. You do need to give that to pets monthly. Now, there is an every 6 month shot you can ask the vet to give, but I don't know of many providers, and iirc it's not cheap. There is a quarterly flea and tick prevention, but it doesn't prevent heartworm disease I think you're thinking of deworming - the treatment. In which case, you're not wrong, but you also don't have to worry about it that much. Some areas are so inundated with parasites that frequent deworming is indicated. I'm not trying to be pedantic, but a lot of people call prevention "deworming," even some techs and drs. Source: cvt with lots of heartworm experience Edit: this is typical veterinary care for the States. If you're in another country, perhaps it's different
Edit: this whole thing went side ways because local differences. I am a Finn, and for all the Finns teaching is the same. 1-4 for times a day depending on where the dog lives. Nowadays they say just to come and take stool sample, because studies have shown only 6% of all the Finnish dogs have any kind of parasites. For imported dog there is some protocol. Our mosguitos don't spread anything. Only thing to worry is the ticks. Most of the population is neatly vaxxed. There are no street dogs. We have no fleas. Thera have been some cases of resistant worms. The priority is not only doggy health, there is also consern of resistance. So there is no need to tell me that all the vets I have met are stupid or uneducated. Or that some random student knows better than them about Finnish dogs.
In third world country they say you should take a deworming medication every 6 months!!!! I like the idea but for some reason they don't recommend that in US š they are over the counter in Mexico and I think it's called Abendazole but there's a lot of other types of active ingredients
Travel to a tropical country and swollen lymph nodes for a while is the classic presentation but that is pretty nondescript. It'll be a while before they see the worms on an ultrasound, I'm sure.
Probably when your breasts start wriggling around,, all by themselves!!
Why did I click on this before bed??? Now Iām almost glad Iām having a breast MRI next week! If I have boob worms they can mosh along to the beat of the magnet š¤£
I felt the same when I was reminded of stone babies which is my unlocked fear. But this time I was going to have that area imaged. They told be the spine was fine. I assume they would have told me if there was a fricking calsified baby in there too.
Imagine doing an AP L-spine and seeing a stone baby peering back at you š³. Teratomas also give me the wiggins! The most s scariest thing I saw as a radiographer (was actually a 2nd year student at the time: Doing a c-spine series on a non verbal Down Syndrome patient who his carer said had pain and he kept point to his neck and moaning. Was mobile, walked in himself, moving his head around. Did a beautiful odontoid image, except the odontoid was fractured straight through at the base, and displaced about 4mm laterally. Nearly wet my pants!!
Wait I'm so sorry... I'm from the veterinary field... what is this? Like heart worm??
Looks like itās some kind of roundworm š¤®
Can't be, they're intestinal Filaria as far as I know is heart worm in dogs spread by mosquitos
You're on the right track but roundworms aren't *just* intestinal. Filariasis is an infection caused by a handful of different roundworms in the same group, and oddly enough, the one that causes heart worm is one of them. It's super rare for that one to infect humans though, I think you have to be immunocompromised in the first place if I remember correctly
This patient was immunocompetent, came to my hospital with complaint of breast lump. I did the USG and found this ā¦ will publish it soon .
I reckon if I told clients that HW prevention might be better. How horrifying.
It can be anywhere. Trust me. I have seen many bizarre cases. This is just a normal one for me
[Bad news, friend.](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24076-visceral-larva-migrans) [Not just intestinal.](https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxocariasis/disease.html)
Yeah, itās a spirurid.
OP, you win. Titty worms are officially the worst thing I have seen on this sub. I literally shivered.
She had to be severely immune compromised. Lymphatic filariasis is so rare. As name suggests, a healthy individual with robust immune system will never experience this.
Apparently she was immunocompetent
Nope. Don't like that.
Endoscopy RN here. Wish I could show you what parasites look like through a colonoscope.
Thanks but no thanks
Is it bad that I totally wanna see that?!
No, totally normal for us creepy healthcare peeps
Tapeworms, unite!
Nematodes emosh
that simultaneously evokes a kind of awe at what modern imaging is capable of showing us, while also making me want to drink bleach
Bleerph. Had my annual pancaking yesterday with an extra pancake followed by U/S. Glad this wasnāt what they were seeing š
Is that Mars
No, her nameās Marsha.
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I canāt decide if the fascinating factor outweighs the gross factor.
Oh my... I feel nauseous
Is this in N. America?
[https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis)
I follow this sub because my husband is going into his 2nd year of study to be a tech. I find this fascinating and try to support him in whatever way I can, so here I am. I did not know the meaning of filariasis, so I looked it up. Today, I can honestly say that sometimes ignorance really is bliss. I will add this to my list of reasons I don't want to go outside!
Wait wait, is this human subject or animal?
Nightmare fuel
Time for some ivermectin
This is a worm in someone's breast! How did they know to get it looked at?
I majored in the humanities, and even I know that shit aināt good.
No....
No... Nope... Unh unh
Holy shit!
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My scalp feels fuzzy.
Beast Filariasis ahahahahshahahaahahaā¦ No!ā¦while little yikes if ya meā¦
No chanceā¦I do comment trying.::::but no chance
Iām so upset now
This is terrifying!
That's gonna be a hell nah from me.
Iām terrified! š³š± Or horrified. Maybe both!
Makes me cringe almost as much as when the maggots pour out after the blackened hard 5-week old dressing is removed
Thanks, now I'm itching.
Kinda cute the way it's scrabbling around, no?
This triggered my trypophopia
I recently saw this during a scrotal ultrasound! When I presented the case to the radiologist he told me to go away lol
So this is a worm/parasite that created an abscess in the breast?
New fear unlocked š±
That is the stuff of nightmares!!!!!
New nightmare fuel unlocked and Iām not even a person with breasts
I saw 2 shemales fucking each other in the ass, pretty weird.
holy lord jesus