Couple freaks after tabloids spread medical pics of their worm-infested bums

Enlarge / A couple on a beach in the Fench Caribbean island of Martinique. They should keep their shoes on. (credit: Gety | AFP)

The British Medical Journal has dumped a case report containing graphic photos of a couple's rear-ends infested with parasitic worms-after those sensitive shots were scooped up by several British tabloids, much to the distress of the couple.

The unlucky pair had picked up the unusual infection on vacation, sunbathing on the beaches of Martinique. At the time, the wife reported feeling a burning sensation on her behind, according to Cambridge News. The next day she awoke to find a rash of "red pinprick marks" there, caused by hookworm larva burrowing into her buttocks. Her husband later developed a similar rash on his rump from an infection.

The couple immediately sought treatment and received unhelpful antibiotics and an anti-fungal agent. After an undoubtedly uncomfortable 10-day trip home on a cruise ship, they went to a hospital in Cambridge for treatment. There, they finally received ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug.

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