Couple end up with severely deformed feet after romantic beach walk

A Canadian couple returned from the Dominican Republic is warning those who are planning to travel “somewhere tropical” about the risks of walking barefoot in the sand after coming home with “incredibly itchy” feet — which turned out to be parasites.
Katie Stephens, 22, of Ontario, told CTV News that while staying at the IFA Villas Bavaro Resort in Punta Cana, she and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Eddie Zytner, “found that we were scratching our feet quite a bit.”

 

She told the news station the two had heard about sand fleas and “kind of assumed it was that at first.”
After returning home on January 18, Zytner noticed that his feet had become very swollen and small bumps had developed on his toes. Stephens wrote on Facebook that the couple "just thought it was just insect bites and it was getting worse and worse every day." Two doctors were confused by what was causing the swelling, but Zytner said a third doctor acknowledged the condition because he had recently seen a similar case of a tourist who traveled to Thailand. The couple, according to Stephens' Facebook post, contracted larva migrans, known in simple terms as hookworms. She said that she was probably in contact with the pests while walking on the sandy beaches of their seaside resort in Punta Cana.  A doctor prescribed both ivermectin - a drug used to kill worms that develop in the body. Zytner said his feet are gradually improving every day, and the next step of the couple is to see a specialist to determine the treatment they need for the skin damage on their feet.

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