This is what they look like…

I thought you might be interested in what a parasite looks like. In the above picture you  can see two pear shaped light blueish/greenish images. In side of each one you will see what looks like two purple looking eyes staring back at you. This form is actually known as a trophozoites and the eyes are karyosomes. You can see a line running the length of each one plus a tail. The line and tail are usuallly called and axistyle. The are about the size of 2 or 3 red blood cells or about 15 microns in size. When they are around you are very glad you live in america with lots of soft bathroom tissue. Another good reason to wash your hands before you eat. Actually you get it from drinking unprocessed water from the mountains. Now it you think those little filters will keep them  out of your canteen, think twice. The best thing to do is treat a pan full of watter with a couple of drops of chlorox, let it sit for an hour and then filter…

Below is a photo of some red blood cells. Inside of the red blood cells you will see blue rings with one or two little red dots that hold the ring together. This person has Malaria which is actually call Plasmodium falciparum. There are 4 kinds of malaria and they take on about 5-10 different forms. This is what I do for a living..

~ by daddyvaughn on March 26, 2008.