![]() ![]() If it's not scary or doesn't get that response I'm not doing my job properly. I sympathise but it also only encourages me more. The report says the make-up was applied on the hand by artist Bridgette Trevino, who told the newspaper: “A lot of people have claimed to have had panic attacks because of my work. The image is credited to UK media agency Mercury Press and Media Ltd. ![]() Reverse image searches on Google found the same image published in this September 12, 2017, report in British newspaper the Daily Mirror. Do Mango worms hurt The signs and symptoms of a mango worm infestation in humans include mild to intense itching, pain, swollen pimple-like lesions, painful boils, inflamed skin, fever, and weird wriggling sensations under the skin. The image shows prosthetics created by a Texas-based make-up artist. The worms or larvae will just die and digested in to your stomach. Its caption says: “80 years of bad luck if you ignore”.īut the image is being used in a misleading context. The Facebook post does not claim the image shows a worm-infested hand, but it also does not explain that the photo does not show a real disease. The same image has also been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, for example in this post dated June 19, 2019. You acquire these round worms through undercooked contaminated pork meat. The most common example is trichinella spiralis. These pencil-thick worms can be several inches long and are further divided into different categories. Here is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information page about ‘mango worm’ infections in humans and here is a scientific report about one such case published in the journal Annals of African Surgery. Round Worms These large, round worms are present around the world. These are laid by the mango fly, which is found in sub-Saharan Africa and whose scientific name is cordylobia anthropophaga. The worm works like this: Adult female worm lays a few hundred eggs into the soil OR onto some damp clothing that is hanging out to dry. There is no caption on the photo of the hand, but the text of the article is about mango worms. The headline of the article states: “VIDEO: WORMS THAT BELONG IN NIGHTMARES COULD BE FEEDING ON YOUR FLESH!”
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