{"id":2381,"date":"2025-05-25T11:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2025-05-25T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:25:06","slug":"3-year-old-girl-dies-after-animal-attack-on-foot-see-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"3-year-old girl dies after animal attack on foot \u2026See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Girl catches jigger, the worst happens and the case shocks the doctors who treated her<\/h1>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5978 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238.png 396w, https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238-240x300.png 240w\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"494\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238.png 396w, https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238-240x300.png 240w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/modelwiki1.greensmartmobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-238.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The 10-year-old girl made headlines in the scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4601 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/topmodel1.socialblockchainnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/topmodel1.socialblockchainnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-94.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The case that left doctors shocked happened after a little girl, just 10 years old, was struck by a serious case of jiggers, which became so complicated that it scared everyone who had contact with her during the period in which everything happened.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the girl is English, but was spending a few days in Brazil when she contracted jiggery-zoster. Her parents only discovered the case when she returned home. However, it is not known why, but they only took her to the doctor to evaluate the case 10 days later.<\/p>\n<p>When they sought medical help, the case was already serious, complicated, and so frightening that it became a news item in the scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" title=\"Image: https:\/\/fnmais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/postiimg-61ce6d4fce8dd4451.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/fnmais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/postiimg-61ce6d4fce8dd4451.jpg\" alt=\"The doctors took a long time to diagnose the girl\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fnmais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/postiimg-61ce6d4fce8dd4451.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>According to the doctors who treated her, the bugs on the 10-year-old girl\u2019s feet were successfully removed through a surgical procedure. After removal, the area was treated with topical antibiotics.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is \u2018Bicho de p\u00e9\u2019?<\/h2>\n<p>The jigger is characterized by an infectious episode caused by the female parasite Tunga penetrans, which enters the person\u2019s skin through contact of the feet with contaminated soil, hence the importance of not walking barefoot in suspicious areas.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signs and symptoms:<\/h2>\n<p>Itching is the main symptom, shortly after contamination, the area begins to show one or more dark brown dots in the affected region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl catches jigger, the worst happens and the case shocks the doctors who treated her The 10-year-old girl made headlines in the scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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