candiru

[joel]

i was just looking through my ICD-9 diagnosis coding book in my office, and i came across the diagnosis code for candiru infection or infestation. it is 136.8. thats the code the doctor would write down if anyone was infected or infested by the candiru cat. just thought that was interestring.

 

[unknownuza13]

those things are nasty little bastards

 

[bluedempsey]

they are indeed very scaring looking

 

[softturtle]

I'm acually farming some candiru's in my...

 

[Daniel Machado]

Joel,

Check this link to see pics of a candiru, Plectrochilus sp. extracted from the urethra of a poor swimmer. It's in portuguese, but the pics are self-explanatory. OUCH!

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[guppy]

I keep picturing an open bladder and a little, tiny fishing rod.

 

[redtailfool]

When i saw those pics , i couldnt help but grab my private parts. MAMA MIA!!!
I passed a gall stone over my urinary tract 2 years ago.. it was pain like no other. We are talking head bashing in the wall to relieve the pain kind. I was peeing blood . Also read in some book that it is one of the most painful maladies in the book.

But this candiru would probably hurt twice than that of a kidney stone inside your urethra. Also , how they heck can you get that out.? I dont want to know..

 

[repair]

how they heck can you get that out.? I dont want to know..

The better question is how did it get in there in the first place?

 

[joel]

oh man that must have been painful. glad i'm not that guy. i had stones too. they f@#$%$# hurt.

 

[Daniel Machado]

The better question is how did it get in there in the first place?

The little catfish simply followed the ammonia from the urine (that guy was urinating in the river) and swam INTO the urethra. The "host" tried to hold the fish, but didn't worked. These fishes normally find their host fishes following the ammonia flow that comes from the gills, and seek the gill arteries, where they feed.

best regards.

Daniel.