Cyclosporiasis is a disease caused by infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, a pathogenic apicomplexan protozoan transmitted by feces or feces-contaminated food and water.[1] Outbreaks have been reported due to contaminated fruits and vegetables. Because the oocysts of Cyclospora must sporulate in the environment for 1–2 weeks before they become infectious, direct person to person transmission is very unlikely,[2] but it can be a hazard for travelers as a cause of diarrhea.
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Cyclosporiasis primarily affects humans and other primates. When an oocyst of Cyclospora cayetanensis enters the small intestine, it invades the mucosa, where it incubates for about one week. After incubation, the infected person begins to experience severe watery diarrhea, bloating, fever, stomach cramps, and muscle aches.[1]^
The parasite particularly affects the jejunum of the small intestine. Of nine patients in Nepal who were diagnosed with cyclosporiasis, all had inflammation of the lamina propria along with an increase of plasma in the lamina propria. Oocysts were also observed in duodenal aspirates.[3]
Oocysts are often present in the environment as a result of using contaminated water or human feces as fertilizer.
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"Cyclosporiasis is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated by feces containing the parasite. Historically, people would acquire it outside the United States.
However, of the 190 cases reported to public health authorities between the start of May and the middle of June, 145 involve someone who hasn’t traveled beyond US borders in the last couple of weeks."
Just say it, the US is a shithole country now so of course we are starting to get awful diseases locally.
…sharting to get awful diseases…am I right?!?
Does this have anything to do with how we deregulated all the food production and gutted the FDA and replaced everyone there with lobbiests from the companies that produce food? Or something like that?
Couldn’t be.
Yeah, that’s just the free market. The invisible hand.
eating food or drinking water contaminated by feces
The fuck are you doing, America?!
Washing hands is woke!
While this doesn’t happen often, it’s not unheard of. You might remember an outbreak from 2018 linked to salads sold by McDonald’s.
See? Not the first time. Last time it happened was 2 years into-
A true shitpost. As I’m taking a shit, no less. Bravo.
In all honesty, you should probably leave it behind.
Who needs a poop knife, I have diarrhea!
It’s and old reference, sir, but it checks out.
Oh nos, better ask RFK what we should do. I’m sure he will know the answer…
Go for a swim in a cesspool to build up your tolerance
ObviouslyHmm, thought for sure there would be some racoon dick involved but a nice swamp swim sounds about right.
Quick everyone jump in the reflecting pool
Build up his tolerance so that he can poison us all
Build immunity by snorting the leftover sprays from the seat.
Better load up on more horse paste…
Wait but this exact disease is literally what ivermectin treats successfully lol
Well now I don’t want it! >:(
Yes, in horses
And in humans, it’s one of the most essential medications in developing nations
This was the worms plan all along…
5th dimension antimatter fluoride worms. I’m calling it now. That’s why CERN moved the antimatter across campus to flush it into the underworld system.
Swim in it!
It’s just Trump on a rally tour again. Explosive Diarrhea is his SS codename.
Headline hits differently if you read it while on the toilet.
Especially if you have diarrhea 🤣
At this point, the shitpost comm is going to be able to just actually focus on literal shit related stories.
reality is enshitttifying aughguhah!
Hasn’t there been a “surge of explosive diarrhea” running the country since the 20th of January 2025?
that’s technically a bolus of explosive diarrhea
Even Mother Nature is exposing the US is a shithole.
Wouldn’t this be mother nature helping the US to be a shithole? The disease is nature.
The Noah Kahan concert I incident makes more sense now.
I didn’t think “explosive diarrhea” was a real term. Not surprising though, water treatment has been failing infrastructure for many years. Flint Michigan put it in the public eye, and it’s gotten much, much worse.
That and decades of deregulating and vertically integrating the food supply.
Fire in the hole
