You don’t have a tapeworm. That’s only in your head

by funklord

Would you rather have brain cancer, or a Tapeworm?  Answer seems obvious right?  What if when trying to remove a tumor, your doctor instead discovers a huge tapeworm sucking the brain juice out of your Medulla Oblongata?!

That’s what happened to Australian rocker Jay Whalley.  He had headaches, seizures, the whole bit.  He goes to a doctor, they go into his skull and find a massive tapeworm in there, all curled up and cozy.  This source?  Apparently he contracted it from an infected person a few years ago.  apparently they can’t withstand the stomach, so the eggs end up in the muscles, and remain there, dormant and nun-harmful UNLESS they end up in your eyes or brain.  Usually these are found in pork.  Oh and this guy?  He’s a vegetarian.

Sometimes it’s LITERALLY like life is set up like a casino:  You only win if the house lets you.  At least it didn’t look like this guy.

STD (Seniors Transmiting Disease) Update

by funklord

What did I tell you!  Seniors are catching STD’s at a rapid rate, and here are the numbers.  I am only posting this because I just mentioned this phenomenon like a week ago.  I do not have an unhealthy fascination with the sexual practices and disease spreading of the elderly.  I do hope to catch that mental disorder, when I am in my 60’s though.

What I think is amazing,  is that in our youth obsessed culture, you can have a happy love life at the end of your life.  Thanks to technological advancements the retirement home is like college, now complete with all the risks of promiscuity.  This is a tale of hope!  Sex can continue long after God designed us to stop trying.

This is Scary: Drug Resistant TB outbreak in Downtown LA

by funklord

As I just reported a few days ago, Drug Resistant TB is on the rise in some underdeveloped countries.  Well now it has struck Downtown Los Angeles.  This article from KCAL describes how the Feds are swarming to downtown LA, in search of infected people.  From the article, it is obvious that most of the infected are homeless.  This is scary for several reasons.  The first is that most of these people can’t afford the help they need, thus spreading it on to others.  Second since most are transient, the bacteria can spread all over the city.  This is disturbing not only because that puts everyone in the city at rick, but don’t forget that in other countries, the homeless have been targeted for medical trials against their will by pharmaceutical companies.  In Poland, several vagrants were infected with the Avian Flu for testing.  I am not saying this is what is happening here (yes I am), but it is definitely a possibility. The article never states where the origin of this outbreak was, or how it started.  And third and most important:  This is DRUG RESISTANT!  That means if you contract this, there is no cure, or it is very long, hard, and expensive.

If you live in LA, keep your ears open, but not your mouths.  TB is transmitted by the saliva from an infected person’s cough.  Wear a face mask.

 

Alfred Hitchcock presents: Flying Fungal Avian Invaders (There has to be a catchier title).

by funklord

I will try to refrain from all the obvious comments.  In Kentucky, due to unknown reasons, thousands of birds have made Hopkinsville their home.  Much like the movie, they are attacking citizens, pooping everywhere, and basically terrorizing the town.  So what did the town do?  They hired a guy to take care of the problem.  This pro decided it would be a good idea to blast large bottle rocket type incendiaries at the trees, scaring the birds who then leave…and land on the nearest tree without a maniac shooting large bottle rockets at them.

Here is the twist the FFP has become famous for:  Other that being a general nuisance, these birds crap.  A LOT.  The bird droppings can cause a fungal disease called histoplasmosis.  It is dangerous to humans with compromised immune systems, and it’s fatal to dogs!  The poop lands on the soil, thus contaminating it.  It can take years for the soil to become healthy again.  It can be cured in dogs, but its expensive and takes months.

Viral X-Files

by funklord

This is the type of story that plays to my paranoid nature.  In Longmont Colorado, a girl was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on the scene.  No foul play.  No marks, or anything like that.  The police think it might be the flu or something.  They can’t tell if it’s the flu?!  So they call the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and they investigate in FULL HAZMAT suits!  What’s worse, they sprayed them off after leaving the house, like with a radiation leak or super contagious infection.

They also don’t tell you how old the girl was, what she was doing before or after, what made the family bring her into the hospital, who brought her in, or what they did or did not find.  Very suspicious.

They aren’t even using Hazmat suits on that horrible SARS breakout that started in the Middle East and seems to have moved to the UK.