What is a jigger?
Jiggers are parasites associated with meager living standards and they are spread by fleas that are notorious in dusty earth floors and spaces. When they get in contact with humans, they tend to take advantage of the opportunity and enter their promising hosts through any wound cracks or areas with tender skin such as and mostly under the nails. Once inside the body they suck and feed from the human blood as well as lay and incubate their eggs using the body warmth. Later the eggs hatch and the unwelcome ‘guests’ keep multiplying.
Their removal process is agonizing both to the victim and observer and since the largest of the victim population are children, the shrieks and cries for help are undoubtedly emotionally draining.
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