Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 19, 2018 18:23:23 GMT
www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article195517769.html
A Fresno man with an obsessive appetite for raw salmon sushi provided Dr. Kenny Banh, an emergency physician at Community Regional Medical Center, with a great story to share with producers of “This Won’t Hurt A Bit,” a fast-paced podcast for the curious health consumer.
But stop reading now if you are inclined to be queasy.
Banh was working his shift at the downtown Fresno hospital about two months ago when a young man came in complaining of bloody diarrhea – not an unusual complaint treated at the very busy ER, but this patient had another problem that he wanted addressed: “I really want to get treated for worms,” he told Banh.
But stop reading now if you are inclined to be queasy.
Banh was working his shift at the downtown Fresno hospital about two months ago when a young man came in complaining of bloody diarrhea – not an unusual complaint treated at the very busy ER, but this patient had another problem that he wanted addressed: “I really want to get treated for worms,” he told Banh.
The man had discovered the worm as it began wiggling out while he sat on the toilet. He was scared, Banh said. “He thinks he’s dying, ‘oh my guts are coming out of me.’ ” But as he pulls, and the worm continues to come out, it began moving and he felt relieved to realize it was a tapeworm
