The doctor Jimmy
Mohamed recently sounded the alarm in a short video posted on YouTube. Facing the camera, he presents several parasites kept in pots in order to raise awareness among the general public of the often unknown risks linked to certain
parasitic infections. A message of prevention which did not fail to provoke a reaction.
In this educational video, the doctor explains that he wants to show concretely what we don’t usually see. Objective: better understand how these parasites are transmitted, what symptoms they cause and why increased vigilance is necessary.
A common parasite in children
Jimmy Mohamed begins by mentioning pinwormsvery common among children. “Look, those are pinworms. It’s a small parasite that children will catch in sandboxes. When they play in the park, they will put it under their fingers, they will swallow it and it will lay eggs which will end up in the rectum.
he explains.
He then specifies the consequences: “It will itch a lot and children will complain of anal itching. And so pinworms are super contagious. » The doctor continues with another parasite, less common in our latitudes:
l’ascaris.
Infections that are sometimes difficult to diagnose
“And there, we have what we call a roundworm that we will catch especially in tropical areas, which will cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, sometimes a temperature and whose diagnosis is sometimes difficult”he explains. The latter is difficult to diagnose, as he explains: “We must do a stool parasitology examination to make the diagnosis. »
Finally, the 38-year-old columnist presents one of the most impressive parasites: the tapeworm. “And this is a tapeworm, also called a tapeworm, which can be up to eight meters long in the digestive tract and which can live for decades without being able to make a diagnosis,” he warned. According to him, contamination occurs mainly through food: “And that, we’re going to catch that in the undercooked meat. »
