Here’s Why You Should NOT Walk Through a Pigpen Barefoot
A 10-year old girl had to be taken to Urgent Care after returning from a recent trip to a Brazil. During the trip to Brazil the girl had been playing…
BANTUL, INDONESIA – JUNE 1: Dr. Tom Davis U.S Navy Commander and surgeon from Okanawa, Japan cleans an infected foot from an earthquake victim at the U.S military medical clinic June 1, 2006 in Bantul, Indonesia. At least 6,200 people were killed when a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked central Java on May 27, 2006. The quake’s epicenter was about 16 miles southwest of Yogyakarta, a popular tourist resort. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
(Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)A 10-year old girl had to be taken to Urgent Care after returning from a recent trip to a Brazil.
During the trip to Brazil the girl had been playing in and around a pigpen without any shoes on. This caused her to be vulnerable to sand fleas and they infected her feet...BAD! She developed lesions and papules on the soles of her feet and her toes. She was diagnosed with Tungiasis, an inflammatory skin infection caused by the sand flea.
She is currently recovering and learned her lesson!
