Man finds worm squirming in penis following trip to the beach
The 22-year-old male from Colombo, Sri Lanka, went to a sexual health clinic with an itchy rash on his manhood that had been irritating him for a week.
He explained to doctors that he had been lying on the beach with his bare skin touching the sand in the days before.
Experts at St Mary's Community Health Campus in Portsmouth reported the case in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Sexually Transmitted Infections and diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), a skin infection that is caused by tiny worm larvae burrowing beneath the skin.
CLM is known as a creeping infection and causes itchy red lines that snake across the skin as the larvae move.
It is common in tropical areas like Sri Lanka where skin is exposed to contaminated soil or sand.
The authors wrote: "Travellers to tropical areas need to take precautions to avoid these unfavourable incidents."
The infected man was treated with a three-day course of oral Albendazole and his rash soon cleared up.
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A man found a worm squirming inside his penis following a trip to the beach. The 22-year-old male from Colombo, Sri Lanka, went to a sexual health clinic with an itchy rash on his manhood that had been irritating him for a week. He explained to doctors that he had been lying on the beach with his bare skin touching the sand in the days before. Experts at St Mary's Community Health Campus in Portsmouth reported the case in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Sexually Transmitted Infections and diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), a skin infection that is caused by tiny worm larvae burrowing beneath the skin. CLM is known as a creeping infection and causes itchy red lines that snake across the skin as the larvae move. It is common in tropical areas like Sri Lanka where skin is exposed to contaminated soil or sand. The authors wrote: "Travellers to tropical areas need to take precautions to avoid these unfavourable incidents." The infected man was treated with a three-day course of oral Albendazole and his rash soon cleared up.
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