RE: [wanabidii] Ladies, Beware of Weaves with Deadly Worms

Hii ni gissip, haiwezekani worms ikatibiwa kwa antibiotics. Mnataka kuwatisha warembo wavalie weaves......



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Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:

>This is scary.
>
>http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000096334/ladies-beware-of-weaves-with-deadly-worms
>Ladies, beware of weaves with deadly worms Updated Sunday, October 27th
>2013 at 19:52 GMT +3
>
>*By Leah Gondi-Ogondi*
>
>*Kenya:* Irene Myangoh, a personal assistant working at a law firm in
>Nairobi went to an upmarket hair salon along Kenyatta Avenue, and spent
>more than Sh3,000 on a human hair weave.
>
>Two weeks later she started suffering from severe headache that would not
>go away. She would wake up with severe headache at night.
>
>She went to a private doctor who gave her drugs for the relief of mild to
>moderate pain of inflamatory origin with or without
>fever<http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=fever&searchbutton=SEARCH>;
>they would only work for a few hours and then the headache would be back
>worse than even before.
>
>Desperate, she went to see a specialist who did blood tests and even a
>brain scan. All the tests were negative but the headache persisted, making
>her unable to concentrate at work and sleeping very poorly.
>
>She went back to her doctor who decided to examine her scalp and under the
>beautiful weave he found worms! The worms were burrowing into her skull and
>after sending the samples to the lab they found that the hair had eggs from
>which the worms had hatched.
>*Worms*
>
> The doctor told her that the hair was probably from a corpse because those
>worms are usually found on dead bodies. Efforts to reach her doctor for
>further comments were fruitless for he was said to be out of the country.
>
>The manager of the salon where Irene got the hair product was traumatised
>and said they had fitted ten weaves from the package already, adding that
>the particular batch of hair had sold very fast; in less than a month, she
>had sold over 150 pieces.
>
>"I am shocked to hear this because this is the first time such a thing is
>happening to my clients. I will get more information from my supplier
>because we import these weaves from the UK, USA and India," says the salon
>manager who did not want to be mentioned.
>
>She continued to say: "Maybe, the supplier sent us rejects from the factory
>or weaves that had overstayed in the stores but I promise to follow up on
>the matter and compensate Irene."
>
>Irene had to shave after this ordeal and took antibiotics for two weeks.
>
>Dr CK Musau, a surgeon at Nairobi hospital says that he has dealt with more
>than ten cases of the same in a period of six months.
>
>He further urges ladies to be very careful with what they put on their
>heads, and adds that it is better to appreciate natural beauty and be
>content with what God has blessed them instead of chasing artificial beauty.
>
>"It is unfortunate how the West has influenced Kenyan youth; especially
>ladies. They should stick to their natural African beauty as opposed to
>trying to ape what they see," says Musau.
>
>*Died*
>
>Dr Musau reiterated that the youth must keep in mind that of late, Kenyans
>can sell anything: from body parts to human beings to used coffins and now
>even weaves that seem to come from corpses.
>
> Elsewhere, 16-year-old girl from Buruburu also suffered the same fate but
>unfortunately for her she died. Cobweb eggs were found in her hair after
>she died. There was a profound cobweb design in her weaved hair. She
>dropped dead after constant headaches.
>
>The root cause? The weave had unnoticed spider eggs. The warmth produced
>after weaving provided a very conducive environment for the eggs to hatch.
>
>A spider grew in her scalp and bit her. The poison found its way to her
>blood. She could not survive the attack.
>
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