re: NPR: Climate change has brought the 'tropical disease' leishmaniasis to U.S

Strannix,

To your point, I read a story years ago about a couple hooking up in Costa Rica. On their last night they slept out under the stars naked. The girl went home to NYC and the guy was staying for some weeks. He tried to contact her and she didnt call back.

He started feeling sick to his stomach his bowels upset. After about a week he did get in contact with her. She had gotten some parasite, had couple of surgeries, disfigured her stomach, took out a piece of her intestine.

Mortified this guy went to a local doctor in Costa Rica, explained his symptoms and his partners woes. The doctor just shook his head, told the guy to strip down naked and left the room, he returned, told the guy to lay on his stomach, pulled his arse cheeks apart and put a piece of bacon fat on his arse. 30 minutes later he returned, picked up the bacon fat and a couple of large worms, charged the guy 5 bucks US and told him not to sleep naked in the jungle anymore.