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Infectious Disease specialist”… is that what they call them nowadays?

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Infectious Disease specialist”… is that what they call them nowadays?

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The victim definitely should seek another opinion. > I agree with Anthony’s theories. These may simply be irritant foreign bodies (spicules, setae, etc.) that need to be expelled by the body (like a sliver eventually is). They could also be some sort of parasite that got under the skin. When certain parasites (especially worm larvae) that normally invade other species find themselves in an unnatural host (such as a human), they do not grow or reproduce normally, and may remain inside until they eventually die. There’s a condition called cutaneous larva migrans in which larvae of dog or cat hookworms crawl aimlessly around under a person’s skin for a month or two until they die. They’ve been know to stay alive and crawling for up to a year-gives me the willies just writing about it. Cont

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