Ok, I am not sure what happened, but my
post didn't appear, so I am reposting.
I was reading this article, "Worms,
parasites drain US poor, expert says"
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCri
sis/idUSN24359949
And then came upon the article that talked
about a rare case of a joint problem
arising due to a parasitic worm invasion.
The medical article is called
"Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection
Presenting With Severe Malabsorption And
Arthritis In An Immune Competent Host"
Can be found here:
http://www
.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=jou
rnals/ijrh/vol2n2/strongyloides.xml
Some quote - "helminths such as S.
stercoralis are more frequently associated
with musculoskeletal involvement. This may
be due to their greater antigen complexity
and invasiveness [ 20 ]. The mechanism
underlying the arthritis associated with
S. stercoralis infection in our patient is
unclear. One possibility suggested by her
MRI scan is direct invasion of her joints.
This is a rare event. Indeed, only one
case of S. stercoralis associated
arthritis reported actual presence of the
organism in the joint [ 12 ]
12. Akoglu T, Tuncer I, Erken E, Gurcay A,
Ozer FL, Ozcan K. Parasitic arthritis
induced by Strongyloides stercoralis. Ann
Rheum Dis. 1984;43:523-525.
