A British man nearly died after a parasite crawled up his penis and started laying eggs after he went for a swim in Lake Malawi in southeast Africa during a "holiday of a lifetime" with pals. MAN HAS 12-CENTIMETER PARASITIC WORM REMOVED FROM BRAIN AFTER YEARS OF NUMBNESS, BLACKOUTSThe group swam and canoed every day on Lake Malawi, before flying back to the UK. PARASITE IN FRESHWATER SNAILS LIKELY CAUSED MAN'S CALCIFIED BLADDER"I explained to them that something serious was going on" — James Michael told hospital staff after his Africa trip. Doctors from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases eventually told James a parasitic worm had crawled up his penis and laid eggs in his body. A week before Christmas he was diagnosed with schistosomiasis, an infection that's caused by a parasitic worm that lives in fresh water in tropical regions.

Source: Fox News November 17, 2019 00:17 UTC