Rabbit Hole: Parasites
I fell down the parasites rabbit hole before news of RFK Jr’s brain worms. But his news helped a lot. My Little Milkaholic has brought home pinworms a couple times. Apparently, our two cats, eight fish, and millions plants aren’t enough pets for him. They cause post nasal drip, gas, bloating, fatigue, and itchy anus, which sucks. But worse, I can feel them coming out at night to lay eggs. Needless to say, they also cause anxiety and insomnia. The issue is the treatment is only effective against the worms and not the eggs, so often you re-breathe in the eggs and reinfect yourself and family. It makes getting rid of them very difficult. And the medicine tastes like banana, which makes getting the fam to take it difficult too.
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