Monsters Inside Me

Season 6 Episode 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

8

Episodes:

76

Actor:

Cindy Chase , Nastasha Strang , Esin Varan

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2009

IMDb:

8.2