"Dragon Worm" rushed to the hot search first!The official response is here

August 15th,

Topic# 话 话# On Weibo Hot Search First,

Cause widespread attention.

The cause of things is,

Recently, some netizens photographed

There are unknown long strips in Sichuan in many waters in Sichuan,

Suspected of African dragon width.

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.

There are many nematodes in the water bodies in nature. Most of them are not parasitic in the human body. A few, such as: Tiejewei, Macadara Dragon Worm can infect the human body through the mouth.

In the afternoon of August 15th,

Sichuan disease control rumor: not "dragon width"!

Sichuan CDC stated that according to the video and photos released by the Internet, combined with epidemiology, biological forms, and conventional monitoring, the nematodes in the video are "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.

"The insect body in the video does not drill the human body. Devouring the infectious larvae flea, insects, fish, snails, etc. is the key to infection."

How to prevent it?

Official reminder: "There are many worms in nature, and many of them are coexisting with people and the environment, so you don't have to panic."

To prevent food -based parasitic diseases, pay special attention to drinking water, do not drink wild water, avoid insects, fish, snails, etc. that may be infected with parasites, and avoid swimming in unclean water in the wild.

Source: Qilu Evening News

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