However, about a week before my return to the U.S., I punctured and scratched the skin on my right ankle in some of central Namibia's many thorn bushes. On the plane ride home, that area began to itch intensely. When I got home, this is what I saw:
Anyone who wants to use the comments section to identify what you are seeing in the photo may go right ahead.
4 comments:
I think it is the mark of Satan! You really shouldn't leave the country.
Funny, I never smelled any sulfur.
I think it's trying to spell something. I'd leave it there until the message is complete. OK, bad idea......now, tell us what it is!
And the answer is: cutaneous larva migrans. That's Doctor Latin for "worm crawling in the skin."
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