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        "description": "<p>Do you know what to do if a pregnant chigoe flea gets under your skin?</p>", 
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        "title": "Chigger Infestation", 
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        "transcript": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the jungle, some of the biggest problems come from the smallest of creatures.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tiny maneaters can strike without ever being noticed, until they\u2019ve had their fill.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">This researcher has been infected with a chigoe flea, a parasite more commonly known as a sand flea or a chigger.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em> </em></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The flea latches on to an unprotected foot, digs in and feeds. It may sound unpleasant, but the damage is minimal. Unless it\u2019s a female ready to reproduce.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">A pregnant chigger burrows in under the skin. Within a couple of weeks, her one-millimeter frame balloons into a pea-sized ball of pain. A swollen lesion develops that makes movement difficult \u2013 not a good thing in the middle of a jungle trek.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">But if the lesion gets infected, then a painful nuisance becomes a serious medical problem. Severe cases can lead to tetanus, gangrene, and auto-amputation.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">So if underneath your skin is a chigger that\u2019s expecting, what should you do?</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">burn it ?</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">cut it out?</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">or\u2026 pull it out?</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The correct answer is B \u2013 cut it out.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Burning causes as much damage to you as to the chigger. Pulling it out can rupture the egg sac and increase the chances of infection.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cutting out the entire lesion removes every part of the flea. But don\u2019t stop there. Clean the wound thoroughly and apply antibiotics.</p><p>And that\u2019s how you survive\u2026a chigger infestation.</p>", 
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