WOAH it looks like a breast implant! Crazy!

Found this and thought it was interesting…and gross: Hydatid disease is caused by the infestation of the larvae of taenia echinococcus. The definite hosts of echinococcus are various carnivores, the common being the dog. All mammals (more often being sheep and cattle) are intermittent hosts. Humans get infected through the faeco-oral route by ingestion of food or milk contaminated by dog faeces containing ova of the parasite or by direct contact with dogs. The eggs loose their enveloping layer in the stomach, releasing the embryos. The embryos pass through the wall of the gut into the portal system and are carried to the liver where most larvae get entrapped and encysted. Some may reach the lungs and occasionally, some may pass through the capillary filter of the liver and lungs and get entry into the systemic circulation. These may even reach the brain. Some patients develop seizure but almost all cases involved are pet owners.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZNIGHT!!!! am i understanding correctly, that the thing wasnt actually that big? That they actually filled it with fluid to get it out? I sure as hell hope so, however……kinds gives a whole new meaning to callin someone ” water-head” !! (southern thing) hehehe y’all havea great weekend!!! keep on poppin!

And I let my puppy kiss my face. I keep him up to date on all his shots, pills, and drops so he should be covered.

Okay guys, even tho your dogs have all the proper vet care, dogs are gross. (I love mine, but seriously!) All a dog has to do is eat animals droppings or walk around on contaminated ground to get worms. And because dogs constantly munch on their butts, chances are you could get worms if your dog has worms. On the plus side, if you are an observant pet owner you can spot parasite infestations based on animals symptoms, or even seeing the worms/larvae come out of said but or in fecal matter.

After finding out you can get worms from dog kisses, I stopped that fun little habit a long time ago.

Squeeze queen… once in a great while dogs can have certain bacterias on their teeth that can kill you. My mother had a patient in the hospital that came in as an emergency and the woman literally rottened alive (her legs died off within hours) from a tiny dog bite/scratch. She was dead within 36 hours. That is a very very rare incident though.
I still give my dog kisses on his squishy face…

terrific technique. can i still lock lips with my cats?

thanks, emil!

all things ‘brain’ give me the heebie-jeebies… i imagine the surgeons crying out “oops!” as IQ points, memories, language abilities and all motor function go flying out the window…

Great hydatid cyst video, best I’ve seen.

As far as the comments regarding the injection of fluid: from what I’ve read, the doctors inject the fluid in back of and around the cyst to help push it out, never inside the cyst itself. Extreme care is taken to avoid breaking the cyst wall, as the cyst itself is filled with thousands and thousands of larvae. If the cyst is punctured, it means certain death for the host because the larvae will spread throughout the entire system, creating new cysts everywhere.

Oh, and I’m never kissing my cat on the mouth again. I do it far too often because I am unable to resist her. However, after reading the comments regarding the similarities of feline saliva to that of the komodo dragon, my days of squish-kissing my cat are over.

The disease cycle begins with an adult tapeworm infecting the intestinal tract of the definitive host. The definitive host is usually a carnivore. The adult tapeworm then produces eggs which are expelled in the host’s feces. Intermediate hosts, usually herbivores, become infected by ingesting the eggs of the parasite. Ingestion of eggs can occur by consumption of fecal contaminated food. Inside the intermediate host, the eggs hatch and release tiny hooked embryos (called oncospheres) which travel in the bloodstream, eventually lodging in an organ such as the liver, lungs and/or kidneys. There, they develop into hydatid cysts. Inside these cysts grow thousands of tapeworm larvae, the next stage in the life cycle of the parasite. When the intermediate host is predated or scavenged by the definitive host, the larvae are eaten and develop into adult tapeworms, and the infection cycle restarts.

My comment is made from exp. not research or anything more. There was a time when surg. tech. did not exist. The position was nurse mngr. and surgical nurse. I have assisted w/this surg. many years ago et it doesn’t appear the technique has changed. The wall of these cysts are very stable. na. sal.09% is pushed through the lumen in the cath, yes behind et bi/lat. sides if possible. fl has also been put directly into the cyst anticipating a ballooning effect, so the tissue will “pop” out w/out additional cutting save the initial incision. The body then is flushed with hydrating fl. et antiparasitacal medications. The procedure has great effect, but is really only typical. The reduction of an aneurysm is something to see, in my opinion. I have been fortunate enough to view but long time out of the surg. before the technique was perfected..

May God guide his hands.

It’s gone! No video for me to see…

This is the same video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2175727718000509280&ei=CoZJS7H5OpOHlgf1yZ24AQ&q=Hydatid+Cyst&hl=en#
Is there a way for this post to be fixed to include the working one?