A man suffering from pain and inflammation in his genitals had parasitic worms dancing inside the scrotumand the doctors captured what was happening on video.

The 26-year-old man from New Delhi went to the doctor after experiencing pain and swelling in his testicles, along with a fever, for about a month.

After a quick ultrasound, doctors detected multiple parasitic worms on the skin of the scrotum.

The worms that have filled the testicles of the Hindu patient

Blood tests revealed that it was Wuchereria bancrofti, a type of parasitic nematode or roundworm of tropical regions that is transmitted to humans by mosquito bites.

These worms live for up to eight years and, once adults, live inside human lymphatic vesselsthey mate to produce millions of microfilariae.

These juveniles migrate throughout the body, causing the inflammatory disease known as lymphatic filariasiswhich can cause severe swelling of the legs, arms, breasts and genitals.

Parasites in humans: treatment

A study of almost 500 human pelvis reveals that intestinal parasites plagued the early UK.

Fossils from the Cambrian show the earliest example of parasites in action. The researchers documented the discovery of the microscopic worms in a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“The dance sign represents the undulations of live worms,” ​​the doctors wrote. “The worms migrated into the lymphatic channels, causing channel dilation and dysfunction.”

More than 120 million people are infected with lymphatic filariasis worldwide at any given time.according to the Pan American Health Organization, and 40 million are disfigured or disabled by the disease.

Infections often begin in childhood, with symptoms appearing later in lifewhich can lead to physical disabilities and mental, social and economic hardships, such as depression, stigma and poverty.

Although surgery is needed to remove the worms in some cases, a three-week treatment with diethylcarbamazine, an antiparasitic drug, fortunately eliminated the worms in the case of this patient.

The man who contracted parasites from eating sushi

A California man’s daily sushi habit ended with a trip to the hospital with a disgusting surprise to show the doctors: a tapeworm of almost 1.70 meters that has come out of his body.

Fresno ED physician Kenny Banh said he was skeptical when the man entered the hospital asking for treatment for an intestinal worm. But when the patient opened a plastic bag, inside was the “giant” parasite, curled up in a roll of toilet paper.

“It was apparently still moving when she put it in the bag, but it had died on the way,” Banh said.

The U.S. federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning about the increased risk of parasitic larvae that can develop into tapeworms found in Pacific salmon, including wild Alaskan salmon, which is popular in the United States and other countries.