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Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva do diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic. O objetivo é esclarecer questões sobre as vendas do “kit covid”, um conjunto de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada contra o coronavírus.
Em pronunciamento, à bancada, senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS).
Foto: Leopoldo Silva/Agência Senado
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels on a damp day at the beginning of Winter Term 2023. Taken at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday January 6th, 2023. I missed a few of the really tough mange cases on Wednesday, but luckily I saw my patients on Friday. I saw Max Power (by the Michigan League) and there is progress. I saw two very bald squirrels on the Diag - so they are named Hatcher (with the scab) and Harlin. Mange has been very bad this year - practically every squirrel has a patch or so. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. I also saw a red squirrel over by Lorch - used my big lens for that little one! Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
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Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
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Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
À bancada:
senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
deputada Bia Kicis (PSL-DF), em pronunciamento.
Foto: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva do diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic. O objetivo é esclarecer questões sobre as vendas do “kit covid”, um conjunto de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada contra o coronavírus.
Na tela, senadora Zenaide Maia (Pros-RN) em pronunciamento via videoconferência.
Mesa:
advogado Luiz Antônio Faria de Sousa;
diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic, Jailton Batista;
presidente eventual da CPIPANDEMIA, senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
relator da CPIPANDEMIA, senador Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL).
Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado
Will you pleeeassse get me outta here? Pleeeaase???
Sam had a case of dog lice a few weeks ago. My cues to call the vet were first of all that he had lost alot of weight in just a couple of weeks. Also, that he had become super ticklish (you know how when you scratch a dog under the armpit, the dog will often thump it's back leg? -- that kind of ticklish) everywhere. All I had to do was look at Sam and his back leg would start thumping.
Plus he had licked one of his "old-dog cysts" hairless, so suddenly it looked different to me. More like a nasty growth.
Sam's vet examined him for lumps and bumps, and took some fluid and cells out of the growth on his side. She also sent his blood off to the lab for a workup. That's when I told her, "Oh, one more thing -- when I brushed Sam yesterday I noticed tons of dandruff." Tia and her assistant looked on his lower belly where the "dandruff" was thickest and her assistant said, "That's not dandruff -- that's alive!"
OMG -- they showed me a speck of so-called dandruff under the microscope and it most surely was alive. Yuck! A dog louse. I have to say, though I believe every living thing has a right to exist ... this living thing was one of the ugliest living things I've ever seen. It could co-star in Alien. I would not be sad if dog lice (or people lice for that matter) ceased to exist.
Anyway, he had to take some ivermectin (systemic to kill the lice) and a bath in some soap with an antihistamine. Sam does not like baths, even though he's a "water dog." So I shot a few photos of his Sad-Sack look in the clinic bathtub. Poor Sammy. He was not a happy camper.
Weighing Sam, we discovered he had lost 10 pounds. He was really skinny. That in itself was worrisome because he is so old.
I threw out his two beds, which Sam has become particularly attached to in his old age. I also had to was every blanket and throw rug he had been lying on. Plus we had to clean our carpets. What alot of work -- but worth it for this normally dignified canine who was having a very hard time being comfortable, not to mention looking dignified.
I made him two new -- even better -- beds of high density 4" thick foam with covers of soft fleece.
Then, for the next 3 weeks we had to bath him once a week in anti-llice shampoo (that's Tim bathing him in our tub) as well as continue to give him an invermectin dose 1x a week. Bitter stuff.
Sam is now lice-free. We humans and our cat, Baggins, were never in danger of getting lice on us (I didn't know before this incident that lice are species-specific, meaning dog lice only go on dogs... cat lice only go on cats ... or human lice persecute humans) -- but -- just the thought of having dog lice in our bed grossed me out.
That meant for the last three weeks Sam has not been allowed up on our bed in the mornings for his 15 minutes of cuddling while I read the paper and drink my coffee in bed. He was bummed! But starting last weekend he's back in the bed with me mornings. What a relief (for Sam that is ...)
He's much happier now that he's more comfortable and since Sam is so, so old ... we are glad he's not lousey anymore. Dog lice can actually kill a very old dog if they are not stopped. They can make an old dog anemic.
I think what makes Sam happiest though, is that we are now giving him extra olive oil and peanut butter treats between meals to help him gain back that precious weight. In the last 3 weeks, he has gained back most of the weight he lost.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elephantiasis (/ˌɛləfənˈtaɪəsɪs, -fæn-/ [el-uh-fuhn-tahy-uh-sis, -fan-]) is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs, male genitals. In some cases the disease can cause certain body parts, such as the scrotum, to swell to the size of a softball or basketball.[1] "Elephantitis" is a common mis-hearing of the term, from confusing the ending -iasis (process or resulting condition) with the more commonly heard -itis (irritation or inflammation). The proper medical term is Elephantiasis,[2] and it is caused by lymphatic filariasis or podoconiosis [3].
Elephantiasis occurs in the presence of microscopic, thread-like parasitic worms such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori, all of which are transmitted by mosquitoes.[4] However, the disease itself is a result of a complex interplay between several factors: the worm, the symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria within the worm, the host’s immune response, and the numerous opportunistic infections and disorders that arise. Consequently, it is common in tropical regions and Africa. The adult worms only live in the human lymphatic system.[5] Obstruction of the lymphatic vessels leads to swelling in the lower torso, typically in the legs and genitals. It is not definitively known if this swelling is caused by the parasite itself, or by the immune system's response to the parasite.
Alternatively, elephantiasis may occur in the absence of parasitic infection. This nonparasitic form of elephantiasis is known as "nonfilarial elephantiasis" or "podoconiosis", and areas of high prevalence have been documented in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia.[6] The worst affected area is Ethiopia, where up to 6% of the population is affected in endemic areas.[7][8] Nonfilarial elephantiasis is thought to be caused by persistent contact with irritant soils: in particular, red clays rich in alkali metals such as sodium and potassium and associated with volcanic activity.[9][
According to medical experts the worldwide efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis is on track to potentially be successful by 2020.[11] An estimated 6.6 million children have been prevented from being infected, with another estimated 9.5 million in whom the progress of the disease has been stopped.
For podoconiosis, international awareness of the disease will have to rise before elimination is possible. Podoconiosis does not yet appear on the Neglected Tropical Disease lists [12], and is not part of the work of organizations such as the World Health Organization.
Treatments for lymphatic filariasis differ depending on the geographic location of the endemic area.[13] In sub-Saharan Africa, albendazole is being used with ivermectin to treat the disease, whereas elsewhere in the world, albendazole is used with diethylcarbamazine.[13] Geo-targeting treatments is part of a larger strategy to eventually eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2020.[13]
Another form of effective treatment involves rigorous cleaning of the affected areas of the body. Several studies have shown that these daily cleaning routines can be an effective way to limit the symptoms of lymphatic filariasis. The efficacy of these treatments suggests that many of the symptoms of elephantiasis are not directly a result of the lymphatic filariasis but rather the effect of secondary skin infections.
In addition, surgical treatment may be helpful for issues related to scrotal elephantiasis and hydrocele. However, surgery is generally ineffective at correcting elephantiasis of the limbs.
A vaccine is not yet available but is likely to be developed in the near future.
Treatment for podoconiosis consists of consistent shoe-wearing (to avoid contact with the irritant soil) and hygiene - daily soaking in water with an antiseptic (such as bleach) added, washing the feet and legs with soap and water, application of ointment, and in some cases, wearing elastic bandages.[citation needed] Antibiotics are used in cases of infection.
In 2003 it was suggested that the common antibiotic doxycycline might be effective in treating lymphatic filariasis.[14]. The parasites responsible for elephantiasis have a population of symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia, that live inside the worm. When the symbiotic bacteria are killed by the antibiotic, the worms themselves also die.
Clinical trials by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in June 2005 reported that an 8 week course almost completely eliminated microfilariaemia.[15][16]
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Elephantiasis caused by lymphatic filariasis is one of the most common causes of disability in the world.[13] In endemic communities, approximately 10 percent of women can be affected with swollen limbs and 50 percent of men can suffer from mutilating genital disease.[13]
In areas endemic for podoconiosis, prevalence can be 5% or higher.
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Apart from the ears this cub doesn't look that bad, or maybe that's just because I'm used to seeing one of the others that's worse off. I've never seen mange affect the ears like this, their rumps and tails are relatively unaffected in comparison which is weird, maybe there's something about cub interactions that make it affect the head more than adults. I've been seeing a badger cub most nights when I go back after midnight, the other night it must've been able to smell the food I had and came running towards me, badgers certainly seem to be thriving in the area.
Perhaps I should explain about the homeopathic mange treatment, I am normally pretty sceptical about homeopathy but with foxes you can't apply the proper medicine directly to the skin like you can with dogs and putting that in food can poison cats and some breeds of dogs so obviously that's not an option. Quite a few people on flickr that I trust have used this mange treatment and it's been succesful, the scientist and world renowned fox expert Stephen Harris also recommends it and his word is enough for me. Maybe it's just a coincidence that this homeopathic treatment seems to work with foxes, there's no real scientifc basis for it working but it seems to anyway, I'll see in the next few weeks anyway.
It's tearing me apart not knowing whether to call the RSPCA or whoever, I know a lot of people think I should but it's more complicated than if they were in the garden. ' Rescuing ' an animal anyway is often the wrong word, the mange treatment ivermectin can itself kill foxes that are in a bad way and there's a big risk they would be put down. At best it seems as though they would have a lifetime in captivity, possibly living a long life but with no chance of breeding or freedom, I feel like I don't have the right to do that to them.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva do diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic. O objetivo é esclarecer questões sobre as vendas do “kit covid”, um conjunto de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada contra o coronavírus.
Mesa:
advogado Luiz Antônio Faria de Sousa;
diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic, Jailton Batista;
presidente eventual, senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
relator da CPIPANDEMIA, senador Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL).
Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 21st, 2022. This was the first day of Winter for 2022-2023. The very quiet campus was ready for the break as the students and most of the faculty and staff were gone. I did notice that a good number of squirrels over by Lorch Hall were showing signs of mange. The bald red marks are where they are scratching. If they share a nest, as many do, they can spread easily among the squirrels. I hooked up a number with their first dose of medicated pecans (with Ivermectin) to treat manage. Since they need to be given a week apart, I will try to make a visit between Christmas and New Years. I also heard from a friend about a squirrel with mange over by the Power Center - on the northern side of central campus. That is not normally on my walking path, but I drove there on the way home. Did not see anyone at the Power Center, but I did see little Max Power kitty corner at the Alumni building. This little one had a bad case and I hooked them up with the first dose. I will get more meds for the next walk through campus. Thanks to Friends of Wildlife! It is going to be very cold in the coming days - having a full coat would be ideal. Hopefully we will get these two on their way to healthy living soon. Also saw a red squirrel who lives near Lorch Hall - they crack me up. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
Mesa:
advogado Beno Brandão;
senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
empresário Luciano Hang.
Foto: Leopoldo Silva/Agência Senado
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
O empresário Luciano Hang concede entrevista, antes do início da reunião, ao lado de parlamentares da base do governo.
Participam:
senador Marcos Rogério (DEM-RO);
senador Jorginho Mello (PL-SC).
Foto: Edilson Rodrigues/Agência Senado
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva do diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic. O objetivo é esclarecer questões sobre as vendas do “kit covid”, um conjunto de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada contra o coronavírus.
Em pronunciamento, à mesa, diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic, Jailton Batista.
Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Ok. There are a few variations on this one...some romantic, some majestic, some sacred, some angry...I've chosen to be inclusive, with the belief that God's relationship is available to each of us, regardless of whom we love. Jesus commanded, "love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself". I recently heard a priest say, "once we are a part of God's royal family, there is a certain dignity that comes with that." I am going to agree, although I acknowledge falling short, sometimes (I guess more realistically, every day I fall short). I'm referring to the offensive language in some of the postings. My take on language is that we agree not to use certain words to maintain dignity. When we fall short, it is a warning, something like "I was so angry, I had to break this rule". Although we may regret it, and certainly might have opted for more loving and forgiving ways of expression, I acknowledge the expression of anger, and pray that it does not escalate into more damaging rules being broken.
A beautiful more traditional version
An alternative very poetic - I do
Update 4/24: Both Duke and Peaches are altered. Duke is now on the east coast - enjoying walks in the forest, socializing in the pedestrian area of the city, and going to the dog park. I left Peaches temporarily in Texas because of the fight where she challenged Honey's rank - or Honey decided to assert hers - I'm not really sure what happened (although neither Peaches nor Honey was hurt), and my hand (hurt breaking up the fight, but almost 100% now) and space (5 dogs in a car was already crowded - we didn't need the extra stress). She is outside right now in a fenced backyard with 3 other dogs. I would like to see Duke and Peaches adopted together. Duke has 1 major issue that I see - he is an escape artist. I recently went to jail for 3 weeks (obstruction of justice charge), and the dogs were impounded during this time. Duke managed to escape from the pound no less than 3 times! (Aside: please consider adopting a puppy from the McMinn Animal shelter where he was held - www.mrhumane.org/. They are absolutely packed, and they returned my animals to me without question or large fee after 3 weeks. What an awesome public service!) He needs a home where if he escapes, it will not be the end of the world. If it is a good home and he is not kidnapped, he will come back in an hour or so. He is very wary of cars, Both Peaches and Duke enjoy hunting (armadillo, possum, etc.), so they really need to be watched when they are out, and should probably not be placed in a home with cats. Peaches needs a home with no other rank-challengeable females. Duke and Peaches do really well with Pete and Macey. Duke would also be fine as an only dog. Both Duke and Peaches (probably) need to be treated for heartworm, although they are currently on ivermectin to prevent the heartworm from getting worse, or being infective to the community through mosquitos:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18433753?ordinalpos=3&ito...
Duke is truly an awesome dog, and deserves an indoor life where he is spoiled. He had a rough start in life... Peaches is also a sweetie, and pretty much just wants to hang out with Duke on the bed. Hmmm, newlyweds - will they ever get over it?
Update 5/7/09: Duke is fine around the dogs in his pack. He also does fine around other dogs that he doesn't know, if he doesn't get too excited. He is controllable, though, but should be restrained when he starts to get excited, because he can lose his focus on the handler at that point. Duke really shows excellent behavior around people in pedestrian areas. I think that with a little bit of work on his shyness, he could pass the canine good citizenship test: www.akc.org/events/cgc/training_testing.cfm .
Update 5/12/09: Duke has a lesion on the cornea of his blind eye
Update 5/14: Duke has developed what is probably kennel cough (bordatella bronchiseptica) and is coughing up yellow phlegm. I am trying to treat it with with penicillin G (a narrow spectrum penicillin). A study reports decent sensitivity to ampicillin (a penicillin derivitive that is more broad spectrum than Pen G because of the amino group on the penicillin derivative), and excellent sensitivity to amoxicillin/clavulinate (a broad spectrum peniciilin derivative that has a hydroxy group para on the benzyl ring compared with ampicillin) so we will see if Pen G works. Bordetella bronchiseptica is a small gram-negative coccobacillus, so penicillin (usually active against gram-positive organisms) may not be the ideal, although available, choice. But the infection is likely to have both gram negative and gram positive components, and the important thing is to get the number of organisms (if they are in fact bacterial) down to a level where his immune system can take over and clear the rest.
Update 5/15: Duke's cough has turned into a dry cough, and is much more sporadic. We camped out last night, and some water got into the tent, so it was not terribly comfortable for him, but the sleeping bag was dry, and I opened it up for him to lie on, and he slept. He is a little more sensitive than Petey to the presence of wildlife (3 or 4 little growls last night), but tolerated voices without barking. Today, he is mostly resting.
Update 5/16: Duke is really not coughing much anymore at all, although still on the pen G 1X per day. We camped out again last night - more water in the tent. Good tolerance to a barking dog nearby, but a 1 hour growling episode at about 3 am. I think he is uncomfortable being "trapped" inside a tent, not knowing what the wildlife is outside. We will move back into the car.
Update 5/17: Duke's temperature measured 101.1, and his respiration rate is 14/min.
Update 5/20: Duke really enjoys playing fetch with Petey. The cough has largely resolved. He went for an extended walk at Eagle Rock Reservation in NJ... Glad to be reunited!
Bloodwork 6/4:
Analysis Duke's value normal range
Total protein 8 g/dL 5.0-7.4
Albumin 3.1 g/dL 2.7-4.4
Globulin 4.9 g/dL 1.6-3.6
Albumin/Globulin ratio 0.6 0.8-2.0
AST 25 U/L 15-66
ALT 32 U/L 12-118
Alkaline Phosphatase 33 U/L 5-131
GGTP <5 U/L 1-12
Total Bilirubin 0.1 mg/dL 0.1-0.3
Urea Nitrogen 19 mg/dL 6-25
Creatinine 1.1 mg/dL 0.5-1.6
BUN/Creatinine ratio 17 4-27
Phosphorus 4.5 mg/dL 2.5-6
Glucose 94 mg/dL 70-138
Calcium 9.6 mg/dL 8.9-11.4
Corrected calcium 10
Mg 1.6 mEq/L 1.5-2.5
Na 142 mEq/L 139-154
K 4.3 mEq/L 3.6-5.5
Na/K ratio 33
Chloride 109 mEq/L 102-120
Cholesterol 189 mg/dL 92-324
Triglycerides 52 mg/dL 29-291
Amylase 676 U/L 290-1125
Lipase 414 U/L 77-695
CPK 74 U/L 59-895
hemoglobin 15.8 g/dL 12.1-20.3
hematocrit 47.7% 36-60
WBC 12.8x1000 4.0-15.5X1000
RBC 7.28x1000000 4.8-9.3x1000000
MCV 66 58-79
MCH 21.7 pg 19-28
MCHC 33.1 g/dL 30-38
platelet count 226x 1000 170-400
neutrophils 47% 60-77
lymphocytes 38% 12-30
monocytes 4% 3-10
Eosinophils 10% 2-10
Basophils 1% 0-1%
Absolute Neutrophils 6016 2060-10600
Absolute lymphocytes 4864 690-4500
Absolute monocytes 512 0-840
Absolute Eosinophils 1280 0-1200
Absolute Basophils 128 0-150
T4 1.2 g/dL 1-4
urinanalysis
pH 7
sg 1.048
protein, glc, ketone -
bilirubin 1+
WBC 4-10
microalbuminuria 0.1 mg/dL
microfilaria negative
occult heartworm test positive
lymph nodes L submandibular 3 cmx3cm
R submandibular 2cmX2cm
L popliteal LN 1cmx1cm
Update 6/17: Since the last update, Duke has been to the vet for a routine rabies booster. At this point, the vet detected swollen lymph glands in the popliteal as well as other regions, and wanted them biopsied ASAP. Bloodwork (6/4) was for the most part normal with an elevated white lymphocyte count, and also elevated globulin ratio (this would be consistent with antibodies being secreted from a lot of B-cells). So the question is whether he is mounting a general immune response (more than one lymph node is swollen), or has a B-cell lymphoma that has metastasized. The best way to distinguish might be to look at the specificity of the antibodies that he is producing: if it is a monoclonal response, it is likely to be a lymphoma (although proliferating B-cells that are cancerous may not even be activated (produce antibodies)); if it is polyclonal, this would be more consistent with an immune response. The fact that some of his eosinophils were also elevated suggests that it might be an immune response.
I had to go to trial in Virginia, so he and Petey were placed in boarding while being listed with www.luckydoganimalrescue.org:
then at:
Pleasant Groomn Inn where he and Petey received a lot of love and play time, and I give credit to the owners for the attention they gave to me, although Petey and Duke being former "strays" are used to a lot more outdoors, trees, grass, etc. than they have at this facility. Still, the dogs clearly bonded with the owners.
Now, luckydog has decided that they like my dogs, but they don't like interacting with me (I don't take it personally, it takes 2 people not to get along, and it could also be their problem), so the dogs are no longer listed with them, and I have them in West Virginia in day boarding at a kennel (I walk them 3 times a day, off leash, and playing fetch, and they sleep with me at night.)
Duke has started doxycycline treatment today for heartworm.
As an aside, the dog wedding in the picture never really happened. Duke and Peaches were separated. Peaches is now in a very committed relationship with another handsome young dog "Roy", and Duke was caught running around with Karma, Still, many animals do form very intense partnership bonds. Check out Ring Dog Rescue.
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
À bancada:
senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
senador Jorginho Mello (PL-SC).
Foto: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/all-day-suckers/#i-love-the-po...
A carny barker at a podium, gesticulating with a MAGA cap. He wears a Klan hood, and his podium features products from Nu-skin, Amway and Herbalife. Behind him is an oil-painted scene of a steamship with a Trump Tower logo, at a pier in flames.
Sam had a case of dog lice a few weeks ago. My cue to call the vet was that he had become super ticklish (you know how when you scratch a dog under the armpit, the dog will often thump it's back leg? -- that kind of ticklish) everywhere. All I had to do was look at Sam and his back leg would start thumping.
Plus he had licked one of his "old-dog cysts" hairless, so suddenly it looked different to me. More like a nasty growth.
Sam's vet examined him for lumps and bumps, and took some fluid and cells out of the growth on his side. She also sent his blood off to the lab for a workup. That's when I told her, "Oh, one more thing -- when I brushed Sam yesterday I noticed tons of dandruff." Tia and her assistant looked on his lower belly where the "dandruff" was thickest and her assistant said, "That's not dandruff -- that's alive!"
OMG -- they showed me a speck of so-called dandruff under the microscope and it most surely was alive. Yuck! A dog louse. I have to say, though I believe every living thing has a right to exist ... this living thing was one of the ugliest living things I've ever seen. It could co-star in Alien. I would not be sad if dog lice (or people lice for that matter) ceased to exist.
Anyway, he had to take some ivermectin (systemic to kill the lice) and a bath in some soap with an antihistamine. Sam does not like baths, even though he's a "water dog." So I shot a few photos of his Sad-Sack look in the clinic bathtub. Poor Sammy. He was not a happy camper.
I threw out his two beds, which Sam has become particularly attached to in his old age. I also had to was every blanket and throw rug he had been lying on. Plus we had to clean our carpets. What alot of work -- but worth it for this normally dignified canine who was having a very hard time being comfortable, not to mention looking dignified.
I made him two new -- even better -- beds of high density 4" thick foam with covers of soft fleece.
Then, for the next 3 weeks we had to bath him once a week in anti-llice shampoo (that's Tim bathing him in our tub) as well ans continue to give him a 1x a week invermectin dose. Bitter stuff.
Sam is now lice-free. We humans and our cat, Baggins, were never in danger of getting lice on us, but just the thought of having dog lice in our bed meant for the last three weeks Sam has not been allowed up on our bed in the mornings for his 15 minutes of cuddling while I read the paper and drink my coffee in bed. He was bummed! But starting last weekend he's back in the bed with me mornings. What a relief (for Sam that is ...)
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
À bancada, senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS).
Foto: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Today I finished work early and took some time in lieu back, so I toddled home early and was overjoyed to find that some Guinea Pig accessories I ordered after Christmas had arrived! There was a playpen/run and a bed that they really needed, but there was also this silly little cage sign I got, so of course I decided the only logical thing to do with my bonus free time was to McGuyver a studio set together, get the DSLR out for its first outing this year, and take a full-on Hollywood glamour-style picture of one of the pigs with it, wearing a gothy metal collar for atmosphere. Of course.
So this is my tamest and most compliant pig, my English Tortoiseshell named Davey Boy Smith (named by my boyfriend after the eponymous wrestler, AKA The British Bulldog). We've had Davey and his brother Locke Lamora for about 9 months - since they were 5 months old. I didn't mean to get two older male pigs, we were after two baby sows as I was worried boys were more likely to fight, but Ste saw these two in a corner cage, having been overlooked by other prospective owners and we just totally fell in love with them! Luckily as well they are the best of chums, if we ever let one out of the cage but not the other they start calling for each other ;)
They have quickly established themselves as part of the family - or maybe as our bosses! Davey Boy is the larger pig of the two (weighing in at over a kilo - and still growing!) and although he is boss pig in the cage he's very shy and cute outside of it. Davey loves to make friends and chat with people, and me and Ste call him "spoiler pig" for his habit of chirping in our ears all the way through films, like he is desperate to tell us the ending. I love his collie dog-style markings and his sweet little face! He puts up with a lot and is always cheerful and placid - Locke has had a few health problems with skin complaints so even though Davey has been healthy as an ox, he's had to have the vet visits, baths and medicine right alongside his brother. Apart from one episode of having to console a sobbing Davey pig on the vets table after an ivermectin dose, he's been a trooper about it.
I've not taken a set-up photo on the big camera for a while so this was totally fun. The light was terrible so getting black sign and white pig in balance was woeful, but I think it kinda worked! Also getting the angle right to really capture Davey's personality and cheekiness was key. And then taking the shot before he moved or tried to run to me for cuddles XD This has taught me something though, sometimes you can snap away and adjust settings all day, but your initial instincts will see you right - this was picture 1 of 30 I took trying to get the best shot and apart from apply a small vignette, I've not even edited it - it just turned out right for what I wanted it to be.
Community volunteers distribute medicine to villagers in the District of Aboisso, southeast Cote d'Ivoire, as part of a nationwide mass campaign aimed at eliminating neglected tropical diseases through education and distribution of anti-parasitic drugs. Photo Credit: USAID
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect the health of over 1 billion people worldwide. In Côte d'Ivoire, 17 million people are at risk of three NTDs in particular: onchocerciasis (river blindness), lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (whipworm, hookworm, roundworm). These diseases can cause severe sickness and disfigurement, affect mental and physical development, and lead to discrimination, stigmatization and loss of economic productivity.
The Ministry of Health, with the support of the USAID NTD Program, conducted a nationwide mass campaign with a large communications component to eliminate or at least reduce those diseases through education and distribution of an anti-parasitic drugs.
On September 19, 2016 a team from our Mission met Yaya Diabagaté, a student in his early 20's, who had participated in the campaign as a community distributor. Yaya had been going from house to house with a backpack filled with a register, a measuring tool for correct drug dosing, and boxes of the anti-parasitic medications ivermectin and albendazole, as well as a gallon of water. He diligently used this measuring tool as well as the other tools to measure the height of the individuals so he could determine the correct dosage, ensure that each individual took the medication at that moment, make a record for the dose given and mark their fingernail to ensure no one was given the medication more than once. He was content, the day had been a good one: not even one person had refused treatment.
In the District of Aboisso, in the south-east of Côte d'Ivoire, the drug was distributed from September 15 to 20, 2016. During that time, community health volunteers travelled from dawn to dusk across towns and rural areas, to schools, places of worship, businesses, restaurants and households and more to reach at least 85 percent of the population five years and older.
The population's high response rate was the result of a strong communication plan to inform them about the campaign and gain their consent for the treatment at the individual level. Local radio stations ran a spot in local languages, a simple message to inform populations about the campaign to fight worm-related and other parasitic diseases. It included a description of the symptoms to ensure everyone understood why they were being treated.
A significant part of this campaign was sending letters to priests and imams to involve them in the campaign, not only to get the word out to their followers but also to make their churches and mosques available as campaign sites. In addition, traditional story tellers were brought into the campaign to reach other people in public places such as the markets.
This is the first year of a three-year annual campaign conducted by USAID and the Government of Cote d'Ivoire with the goal of partnering with other programs that address NTDs so that they will no longer pose a significant public health threat by 2020.
Myiasis is an infestation of the skin and, less frequently, other body sites by developing larvae (maggots) of a variety of fly species (myia is Greek for fly) within the arthropod order Diptera. It affects humans and other mammals. Worldwide, the most common flies that cause the human infestation are Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) and Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly).
Myiasis is uncommon in the United States and other non-tropical locations, and any cases reported are usually imported cases of myiasis from travelers returning from tropical destinations. That was the circumstance in the case depicted here.
The pathophysiology of the human infection differs depending on the type of fly and its mode of infestation.
Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) - Furuncular myiasis
This type is endemic to tropical southeast Mexico, South America, Central America, and Trinidad. The life cycle of the botfly is unique, as the female, egg-bearing fly catches a blood-sucking arthropod, usually a mosquito (although 40 other species of insects and ticks have been reported), midflight and attaches her eggs to its abdomen. When the mosquito takes a blood meal from a warm-blooded animal, the local heat induces the eggs to hatch and drop to the skin of the host and enter painlessly through the bite of the carrier or some other small trauma.
Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly) - Furuncular myiasis
This type is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. The females lay their eggs on dry, sandy soil or on damp clothing hung out to dry. The eggs hatch in 1-3 days and the larvae can survive near the soil surface or on clothes for up to 15 days waiting for contact with a suitable host. Activated by heat, such as the body heat of the potential host, they can penetrate the unbroken skin.
A pruritic erythematous papule develops within 24 hours of penetration, enlarging to 1-3 cm in diameter and almost 1 cm in height. These lesions can be painful and tender. Each has a central punctum from which serosanguineous fluid may be discharged. Lesions may become purulent and crusted; the movement of the larva may be noticed by the patient. The tip of the larva may protrude from the central opening (punctum), or bubbles produced by its respiration may be seen. Eventually fully developed larvae emerge from the host in 5-10 weeks and drop to the ground, where they pupate to form flies in 2-4 weeks.
In nasopharyngeal myiasis, the nose, sinuses, and pharynx are involved. Ophthalmomyiasis affects the eyes, orbits, and periorbital tissue, and intestinal and urogenital myiasis involves invasion of the alimentary tract or urogenital system.
Myiasis is a self-limited infestation with minimal morbidity in most cases. The major reasons for treatment are reduction of pain, cosmesis, and psychologic relief. Once the larva has emerged or has been surgically removed, the lesions rapidly resolve. Obstructing the central punctum with a covering material cuts off the oxygen supply to the larvae and may encourage them to emerge. Ivermectin has been used to treat non-cutaneous forms of Myiasis.
Descriptive text extracted from Medscape.com. Authors Adam B. Blechman, MD and Barbara B. Wilson, MD.
Images A, B, E, F contributed by Nancy Shina, FNP-C and RoseAnn Tracy
Images C, D contributed by PathologyOutlines.com
Fox squirrels getting ready for a cold winter in Michigan - taken on Wednesday December 28th, 2022. I would not normally be on campus during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, but a house call was in order. There were a good number of squirrels who had bald patches on campus - a sign of mange. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I gave a whole bunch the first dose and I needed to wait a week to get them dose number two. Hence the decision to come in during the break. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. I did have to pickup more treated pecans from my contact at Friends of Wildlife. I will need to get more soon as lots of squirrels had mange. Two had really large bald patches. Martha (over by Martha Cook) was very happy to see me and I will get a second dose next week. Hatcher was one squirrel I saw on the Diag who had more scratches on the bald spot. The one I did not see was Max Power - who I gave a first dose on the 21st. I will look again when I am back on campus next week. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Fox squirrels on a damp day at the beginning of Winter Term 2023. Taken at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday January 6th, 2023. I missed a few of the really tough mange cases on Wednesday, but luckily I saw my patients on Friday. I saw Max Power (by the Michigan League) and there is progress. I saw two very bald squirrels on the Diag - so they are named Hatcher (with the scab) and Harlin. Mange has been very bad this year - practically every squirrel has a patch or so. If there was a red mark on the skin - that meant they were scratching. I think I will make Wednesday my main medicine distribution day - so I do not give any of the squirrels too much Ivermectin. Hopefully we will get these squirrels on their way to healthy living soon. Many squirrels will share a nest and that is how mange will spread. I also saw a red squirrel over by Lorch - used my big lens for that little one! Wishing you joy, health and peace wherever you are.
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva de empresário acusado de pertencer ao chamado "gabinete paralelo", grupo suspeito de aconselhar o presidente da República em relação à pandemia de covid-19, promovendo ideias sem comprovação científica, como o "tratamento precoce" com hidroxicloroquina e ivermectina.
Mesa:
advogado Beno Brandão;
senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
empresário Luciano Hang;
senador Jorginho Mello (PL-SC).
Foto: Leopoldo Silva/Agência Senado
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elephantiasis (/ˌɛlɨfənˈtaɪ.əsɨs/ EL-i-fən-TY-ə-sis) is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and male genitals. In some cases the disease can cause certain body parts, such as the scrotum, to swell to the size of a softball or basketball.[1] "Elephantitis" is a common mis-hearing of the term, from confusing the ending -iasis (process or resulting condition) with the more commonly heard -itis (irritation or inflammation), resulting in "Elephantitis" meaning "inflammation of the elephant". The proper medical term for the disease is elephantiasis,[2] and it is caused by filariasis or podoconiosis.[3]
Elephantiasis occurs in the presence of microscopic, thread-like parasitic worms such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori, all of which are transmitted by mosquitoes.[4] However, the disease itself is a result of a complex interplay between several factors: the worm, the symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria within the worm, the host’s immune response, and the numerous opportunistic infections and disorders that arise. Consequently, it is common in tropical regions and Africa. The adult worms only live in the human lymphatic system.[5] Obstruction of the lymphatic vessels leads to swelling in the lower torso, typically in the legs and genitals. It is not definitively known if this swelling is caused by the parasite itself, or by the immune system's response to the parasite.
Alternatively, elephantiasis may occur in the absence of parasitic infection. This nonparasitic form of elephantiasis is known as "nonfilarial elephantiasis" or "podoconiosis", and areas of high prevalence have been documented in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia.[6] The worst affected area is Ethiopia, where up to 6% of the population is affected in endemic areas.[7][8] Nonfilarial elephantiasis is thought to be caused by persistent contact with irritant soils: in particular, red clays rich in alkali metals such as sodium and potassium and associated with volcanic activity.[9][10]
According to medical experts the worldwide efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis is on track to potentially be successful by 2020.[11] An estimated 6.6 million children have been prevented from being infected, with another estimated 9.5 million in whom the progress of the disease has been stopped.
For podoconiosis, international awareness of the disease will have to rise before elimination is possible. Podoconiosis does not yet appear on the Neglected Tropical Disease lists,[12] and is not part of the work of organizations such as the World Health Organization.
Treatments for lymphatic filariasis differ depending on the geographic location of the endemic area.[13] In sub-Saharan Africa, albendazole is being used with ivermectin to treat the disease, whereas elsewhere in the world, albendazole is used with diethylcarbamazine.[13] Geo-targeting treatments is part of a larger strategy to eventually eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2020.[13]
Another form of effective treatment involves rigorous cleaning of the affected areas of the body. Several studies have shown that these daily cleaning routines can be an effective way to limit the symptoms of lymphatic filariasis. The efficacy of these treatments suggests that many of the symptoms of elephantiasis are not directly a result of the lymphatic filariasis but rather the effect of secondary skin infections.
In addition, surgical treatment may be helpful for issues related to scrotal elephantiasis and hydrocele. However, surgery is generally ineffective at correcting elephantiasis of the limbs.
A vaccine is not yet available but is likely to be developed in the near future.[citation needed]
Treatment for podoconiosis consists of consistent shoe-wearing (to avoid contact with the irritant soil) and hygiene - daily soaking in water with an antiseptic (such as bleach) added, washing the feet and legs with soap and water, application of ointment, and in some cases, wearing elastic bandages.[citation needed] Antibiotics are used in cases of infection.
[edit] Antibiotics
In 2003 it was suggested that the common antibiotic doxycycline might be effective in treating lymphatic filariasis.[14] The parasites responsible for elephantiasis have a population of symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia, that live inside the worm. When the symbiotic bacteria are killed by the antibiotic, the worms themselves also die.
Clinical trials by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in June 2005 reported that an 8 week course almost completely eliminated microfilariaemia.[15]
Elephantiasis caused by lymphatic filariasis is one of the most common causes of disability in the world.[13] In endemic communities, approximately 10 percent of women can be affected with swollen limbs and 50 percent of men can suffer from mutilating genital disease.[13]
In areas endemic for podoconiosis, prevalence can be 5% or higher.
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Published in: Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 26 No. 82 2013 www.cehjournal.org
Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito da Pandemia (CPIPANDEMIA) realiza oitiva do diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic. O objetivo é esclarecer questões sobre as vendas do “kit covid”, um conjunto de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada contra o coronavírus.
Mesa:
diretor-executivo da farmacêutica Vitamedic, Jailton Batista;
presidente eventual, senadora Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS);
relator da CPIPANDEMIA, senador Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL).
Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado