Hypochondria

I was reading my all time favorite magazine (Mental Floss, or as I like to call it "Smart Topics For Dummies") and I came across an article that truly horrified me. It seems that my hypochondria can no longer just be limited to the odd tumor or random cancer anymore. There is something even more insidious and painful out there just waiting for me to catch it.

I'm talking about parasites here people.

The magazine had an article that was enough to make me just want to hop into a bathtub full of Lysol and scrub until I could scrub no longer. Luckily enough the number one parasite infects fish (check it out. . .the crazy sucker actually becomes the fishes tongue) but the ones that actually infect humans are bad enough! Now I have to worry about mosquitos carrying filarial worms (the nasty buggers cause elephantitis of the nuts! and other parts too.) or how about Guinea worms that burrow from a humans intestines out their foot to lay eggs.

Okay, granted I'm not likely to encounter these in suburban Cleveland, but these were two in the top five. How many are out there that didn't make the magazine. I guess the most important question would be. . .do they list parasites on WebMD . .and if not then how am I truly supposed to self diagnose?