Comments on: Finding hope, even in the hardest stories http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/19/finding-hope-even-in-the-hardest-stories/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PRohe http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/19/finding-hope-even-in-the-hardest-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-1385700 PRohe Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:42 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2488#comment-1385700 Yep. There is no vaccine or medicine to treat or prevent Guinea worm disease, so the ancient treatment of winding the emerging worm around a stick little by little is the same treatment that has existed for centuries. This one of the reasons why a lot of parasitologists believe Guinea worm disease was the inspiration for the staff of Asclepius. Here's a good article on it from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/health/08cadu.html Yep. There is no vaccine or medicine to treat or prevent Guinea worm disease, so the ancient treatment of winding the emerging worm around a stick little by little is the same treatment that has existed for centuries. This one of the reasons why a lot of parasitologists believe Guinea worm disease was the inspiration for the staff of Asclepius. Here’s a good article on it from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/health/08cadu.html

]]> By: Steven BREWER http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/19/finding-hope-even-in-the-hardest-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-1385392 Steven BREWER Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:28:04 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2488#comment-1385392 I've seen it mentioned that the symbol for medicine, the caduceus, may originally be derived from an image of guinea worms, with the stick you use to draw it from the body. I’ve seen it mentioned that the symbol for medicine, the caduceus, may originally be derived from an image of guinea worms, with the stick you use to draw it from the body.

]]> By: kari http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/12/19/finding-hope-even-in-the-hardest-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-1376199 kari Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:38:48 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2488#comment-1376199 dis. gusting. i would see this growing up in southern senegal as well. when the worm starts to emerge, you begin to wrap it around a stick and twirl the stick, day by day. how anyone can sleep knowing they are carriers to such a gruesome thing is beyond me. and now that i'm back in senegal, i needed this reminder. thanks for the great post. dis. gusting.

i would see this growing up in southern senegal as well. when the worm starts to emerge, you begin to wrap it around a stick and twirl the stick, day by day. how anyone can sleep knowing they are carriers to such a gruesome thing is beyond me. and now that i’m back in senegal, i needed this reminder. thanks for the great post.

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