When I was studying to become a medical transcriptionist, I bought a huge dictionary known as "The Dorland's" for referencing everything medical. Nearly every time I picked it up, however, it seemed to open automatically to page 1385. There at the top of the page was an image that has haunted me even to this day.
Schistosoma haematobium
It's a hideous little creature, looking sort of like a dog or an armadillo but with the body of a worm. The female worm is wriggling in and out of the male's body, which is a foldover body sort of like a taco.
just a fluke ?From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
| Schistosoma haematobium is an important digenetic trematode, and is found in the Middle East, India, Portugal and Africa. It is a major agent of schistosomiasis; more specifically, it is associated with urinary schistosomiasis. Adults are found in the Venous plexuses around the urinary bladder and the released eggs traverse the wall of the bladder  | |
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FLUKE ACTUAL SIZE |
All that is very interesting, perhaps, until you get to the little gem of information which points out the actual size of this worm. The approximate size of an adult fluke is as pictured below. Some 2-3 mm in size, some up to 1/2 inch long. These are visible with the naked eye. And I hate to think of the horror of watching these little buggers being eliminated from my body as I urinate.
EWWWWW!
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