Cakcing

I know this space has somehow contains post that is deemed gross.

Today's topic is pinworm (bear with it, this is one of my ways to revise microbiology)

Pinworm as the name suggests, is small worm even though not pointy as a pin.

You can find it in the intestine of most kids.

And how would you know a kid is infected with the worm?

Look for the particular little ones that's scratching his buttock (the anus, precisely)

That is because the gravid/pregnant pinworm, scurries at night from the small intestine to anus and deposited their eggs over there.

The eeggs are what that causes the itching.

And a simple diagnosis of this can be done by mothers.

Get a transparent tape of suitable size, stick it to the kid's anus, after a few seconds, pull out the tape and stick it on the glass slide.

Observation under the microscope shall be done by the expert (more accurate diagnosis you see).

Ok, that's it for microbiology.

Tapeworm, the fettucine.

I shall race on a bike that travels to nowhere tomorrow in pathophysiology lab but I know that I'm gonna miss it to catch the practical in the hospital that will finish by 5 pm.

And come back to an empty house, the other three shall be on the train heading north by that time.

I'm gonna start my holiday with bowling and end it with a steaming pot of steamboat with comrades.

Happy holidays!