Monsters Inside Me - Season 4 - Eps 6: Dying Abroad

Name: Eps 6: Dying Abroad
Released: 2013-12-11
Rating: 4.0

2013-12-11 • 43 min • ⭐ 7.9/10

A Peace Corps volunteer traveling to Burkina Faso suddenly suffers from excruciating bouts of nausea and diarrhea from Entamoeba histolytica, and must find medical help before it is too late; a young woman almost suffocates due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome she got from breathing dust while cleaning up contaminated with mouse feces; an 18-month-old boy gets infected with Baylisascaris procyonis worms which cause his brain to swell and have neurological damage, eye fluttering, and unresponsiveness.

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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.