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MEMPHIS, Tennessee – (WHBQ / CNN) – A Tennessee mother said her son had contracted hookworms last month during a trip to South Florida
Kelli Dumas said his son and eight other boys had made a church trip in June.
After the 17-year-old returned home to Memphis, his family discovered that he had contracted the parasite
Since the diagnosis, Dumas documented the battle of his son
". I have an entire album, "said Dumas. "Right now, there are 47 photos."
The teenager currently rests at home with his elevated foot. He receives drugs worth $ 1,300. His lower body is covered with blisters, scabs and rashes.
"They are incredibly horrible and they are so graphic," said his mother. One of them measures three inches by three inches, it's a crater in the foot.
His son told him that he had noticed an itch after a day of relaxing on the beach as a result of volunteer work.
Photos show Michael buried in the sand by friends at Pompano Beach where the parasite was entering by foot.
"Since all this happened, I have done a lot of reading and research," Dumas said. "They enter your bloodstream, they enter your skin and they respond at a very fast pace."
Medical experts say that the hookworm parasite breeds in hot climates where sanitation is poor. Risk factors include walking barefoot in areas such as beaches where the parasite lives.
Michael being the only infected adolescent, at least five of his group reported similar symptoms
. Florida State Health Department and asks the authorities to act to prevent other infections. She also wants the leaders of Pompano Beach to place signs to warn other swimmers.
"It's horrible and it's so painful, it has gone through so much suffering," she said. "I never want anyone else to suffer like that, I posted this on Facebook to warn people that it can happen, I had no idea that it could to arrive, I'm 54 years old, I do not wear shoes on the beach, I wear flip flops, I drop my towel, I take off my flip flops, I do not put my flip flops before leaving the beach, I think that's what everyone does. "
Dumas says a woman from Florida's health department told her that it's common knowledge that" everyone knows that you are supposed to wear shoes on the beach. "
" How many people have been on the beach since June 19? on the beach since I called her on July 17th She told me when I told her that I just wanted you to put a warning sign, she said to me: "This is not my job," says Dumas.The CDC estimates that 750 million people are infected with hookworms worldwide
Courtesy of WHBQ via CNN News Source
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