I believe I have intestinal worms - along with a fungal infection in my right ear, and a plethora of bites, scraps and bruises from the village. It all started with what I thought was a simple ear infection. I swim in the sea every weekend, so it makes sense that I would get one (I’m the queen of ear infections, ask anyone) the first doctor gave me amoxicillin and Tylenol for a week. A week later, the second doctor gave me Cephelexin ( a stronger antibiotic) and naproxen, again, for a week. My last doctor I saw during Hurricane Felix told me that I did not have an infection, but a fungus in my ear. This explains why the pain pills and antibiotic didn’t work, I needed an anti-fungal medicine. However, with the hurricane coming labs could not reach Belize City to determine what type of fungus I have.
Here I am almost 4 weeks later with the same itching and pain that I have had since Hurricane Dean, that’s TWO hurricanes ago!
I can’t do much for the bites and bruises, except to use aloe and Benadryl. The parasites or intestinal worms will be ‘flushed out’ with a single dosage of Albenzenol, the worm medicine we hand out to the villagers like candy every time they visit.
Oh the fun I have in the Jungle!
