Topic: "Baghdad Boil"
started by: Clovis
Posted by Clovis on Apr. 18 2004,4:52 pm
From CNN (http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1500&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040418%2F1304001995.htm&sc=1500&photoid=20040319WX111): | Quote |
| Sgt. Eric DiVona didn't notice the small bumps on his face and left earlobe until he returned from serving nine months in Iraq. Nothing much, he thought, probably just a spider bite. But soon those bumps erupted into open sores, one growing to the size of a half dollar. The left side of his face puffed up, a swelling that wouldn't go away. And he noticed he was not the only one in his unit with such symptoms. ``A lot of people started coming down with sores,'' he said, sitting at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with an IV taped to his right arm. ``It was like, 'You ain't cool unless you got it.''' What DiVona thought was a spider bite was actually caused by a tiny sand fly with a fierce parasite stewing in its gut, an organism that causes stubborn and ugly sores that linger for months. |
Eeeeeeeeew. Does this make anyone else think of the old urban legend about the girl who's out sunbathing, notices a boil the next day and a few days later pops it.... and out come baby spiders? *shudder*
Posted by Spidey on Apr. 18 2004,6:36 pm
Never heard that urban legend before ... but gross just the same. Nasty stuff!! Eeeewww!
Posted by Clovis on Apr. 18 2004,6:50 pm
Ah, well, in that case... the public must be edified 
Check out this link for more: < http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/spiderbt.htm >