Monsters Inside Me - Season 3 - Eps 1: My Child Will Only Eat Cat Food
A toddler starts worrying her parents when she loses her appetite for the foods she normally eats, but starts craving salt and even cat food. After developing a rash, her parents find out that she has been infected by the Toxocara canis parasite. A middle-aged executive of a company starts to feel pain in his abdomen, not knowing that he has been infected by a bacteria called ESBL E. coli. A married couple start to feel flu-like symptoms, which turns out they've been infected by the plague bacterium. However, the husband's condition is much worse, and even has to get his calves amputated.
About Monsters Inside Me
Title: Monsters Inside Me
First Air Date: 2009-07-01
Last Air Date: 2017-12-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.9/10 (from 11 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 76
Network: Animal Planet
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Optomen Productions
Synopsis
Part horror movie, part medical detective story, find out what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and experts who witnessed each case, leads the scientific discussion about each parasite.
Cast
Cindy Chase
Nastasha Strang
Esin Varan
Tony Dadika
Justin Peed
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dan Riskin
Self
