Her parents only discovered the case when she returned home. However, it is not known why, but they only took her to the doctor to evaluate the case 10 days later.

When they sought medical help, the case was already serious, complicated, and so frightening that it became a news item in the scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine.

According to the doctors who treated her, the bugs on the 10-year-old girl’s feet were successfully removed through a surgical procedure. After removal, the area was treated with topical antibiotics.

What is ‘Bicho de pé’?

The jigger is characterized by an infectious episode caused by the female parasite Tunga penetrans, which enters the person’s skin through contact of the feet with contaminated soil, hence the importance of not walking barefoot in suspicious areas.

Signs and symptoms:

Itching is the main symptom, shortly after contamination, the