At some point, they assumed they had been bitten by bugs during one of their walks because their feet wouldn't stop itching. And they started to see scars, injuries that seemed to be the result of something tunneling through their flesh. Once past that first barrier, the parasites travel, eating their way through a person. Parasitic worms “account for a major burden of disease worldwide.”To anybody travelling somewhere tropical, please be careful when in the sand and wear shoes! “To anybody traveling somewhere tropical, please be careful when in the sand and wear shoes!” she posted.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2018 19:35 UTC