Complications, though rare, may involve ulceration, gangrene, secondary infection, tetanus, and death. This burrowing flea is endemic to Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and India. [web.stanford.edu]

But elsewhere, this parasitic flea causes an inflammatory skin disease called tungiasis, which can lead to gangrene, amputations and painful lesions. [globalhealthnow.org]

Complications Due to the secondary infection complications such as bacteremia, tetanus, and gangrene can occur. Submit a request for further information, a quotation or indicative cost. [privatehealth.co.uk]

Secondary bacterial infections, including tetanus and gangrene, are not uncommon with tungiasis. [cdc.gov]

Most pre-Hispanic anthropologic evidence originates from Inca predecessors, ancient cultures of Peru that were technologically advanced and developed pottery many centuries before the collapse of the Incan civilization ( 10 ). [doi.org]

Patients 1 and 3 were cachectic, patient 2 presented severe malnutrition. Patient 3 needed a blood transfusion due to severe anemia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The other had high fevers and became unresponsive and died after three days. [doi.org]

Of the affected patients, 63% were male and 37% were female, 37% were aged 0-10 years, and 100% reported pain and pruritus. Lesions occurred on the feet in 93.3% and on the hands in 22.7% of affected patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms The symptoms of this disease include: Severe pruritus Pain Inflammation and swelling Lesions and ulcerations, with black dots in the center Left untreated, secondary infections such as bacteremia, tetanus, and gangrene can occur. [wikidoc.org]

) Certain infectious and parasitic diseases Approximate Synonyms Tunga penetrans infestation Tungiasis Clinical Information An infestation with the flea tunga penetrans causing inflammation, pruritus, and pain, in both humans and other mammals. [icd10data.com]

The symptoms of this disease include: Severe pruritus Pain Inflammation and swelling Lesions and ulcerations, with black dots in the centerLeft untreated, secondary infections, such as bacteremia, tetanus, and gangrene, can occur. [en.wikipedia.org]

A patient may be unable to walk due to severe pain if too many of the lesions are present in the feet. [en.wikipedia.org]

The participants of expeditions into Africa at the end of the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th century reported natives and also themselves with severe infestation that made many of them almost unable to walk (GREY, 1901; KONCZAKI, 1985). [doi.org]

The descriptions given by the community health workers of three of the patients described rigid jaws and convulsions suggestive of tetanus. The other had high fevers and became unresponsive and died after three days. [doi.org]

Furthermore, she had severe hyponatremia. We applied 20% salicylated petroleum jelly followed by the manual removal of embedded sand fleas with a sterile needle. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Enteroccous faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes and Pseudomonas sp. were also isolated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]