Monsters Inside Me - Season 6 - Eps 2: Help! My Son is a Leper
An athlete gets headaches, stomach pains, breathing difficulties, and a liver mass from Entamoeba histolytica from a trip to Nicaragua; a teenager develops a leg welt and then gets fatigue and red spots on his body over the course of several years. When the spots open, the doctors discover he has leprosy from coming into contact with an infected nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). A woman suffers severe headaches, nausea, vomiting, and seizures from Exserohilum rostratum fungi invading her brain.
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
