Official rumor: not a dragon width

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The cause of the incident is that recently some netizens have photographed unknown long tapeworms in many waters in Sichuan, suspected of African dragon width, which is several meters long.

Sichuan CDC responded to this that according to the video and photos released by the Internet, combined with epidemiological, biological forms, and conventional monitoring, they did not support the nematodes in the video as "dragon width". Zhao Li, the curator of the Chengdu Huaxi Insect Museum, also said that the nematodes in these videos are not "dragon width", but a certain nematode parasitic in the insect body, entering the water body.

Sichuan disease and control said that the insects in the video do not drill the human body, and swallow the infectious larvae flea, insects, fish, snails, etc. is the key to infection.

What is McDonaldia's width disease?

Macadana, also known as Guinea, adults parasitic in the human body and various mammalian tissues, causing Macadari thread disease. The disease is a kind of human and animals, and has been widely popular in tropical and subtropical regions such as Africa and India. There were only 14 cases of human infection of McDonald in 2021, 7 of which were in Chad in Africa. There are only 1 case report in my country (1995).

The incubation period of this worm is 10-14 months. After about one year infection, there will be a blister that makes people feel painful and painful. In 90%, blisters will appear on the calf. McDonaldia is very fatal, but infected people will lose their physical function for several months.

How to spread?

According to the website of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Macadana wirling disease is spread by drinking small water flea contaminated by the infectious Macralona naval larvae by drinking.

How to prevent it?

According to the WHO website, there are neither vaccines to prevent the disease nor treatment of patients, but this disease can be prevented.

Zhao Li suggested that generally do not drink water in the natural environment, nematodes generally enter the human body through drinking water. There are no problems such as tap water, such as tap water. At the same time, don't drink it directly. In the water bodies in the natural environment, the eggs or larvae of wiring insects may be difficult to find.

Source: China News Network, Sichuan Disease Control, China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Red Star News

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