BLOOD, CUTANEOUS, AND PULMONARY PARASITE

On October 10, 2026, I made a microscopic slide from a tiny drop of blood drawn from the skin, of my arm, in an area that had been itching for a few days and had tiny skin nodules. I patiently scanned the whole slide under my microscopes. And I found a microscopic nematode (worm) that was being attacked and surrounded by numerous phagocytes.

On September, a blood test had shown that the Eosinophils and the Basophils, in my blood, were higher than normal. This usually indicates a parasitic infection. Therefore, I believe that the phagocytes, that were surrounding the microscopic nematode, were probably Basophils and Eosinophils that had been activated as M1-macrophages.

I was able to capture some really good micrographs of the micro nematode. And I measured the size of it using the Pixels to Microns Conversion Table that can be found in my Microscopy portal.

This parasite could be a baby microfilariae, like larger versions that I have previously seen in my sputum and blood.

The micrographs were captured using a Nikon D3500 digital camera with a 10x microscope lense that fits in the triport or the eyepiece tube of the ocular lense. The blueish micrographs were taken using an LED white light microscope. The others were taken with a warm light microscope.

So, I am including, in this web page, some of the micrographs that I took.
Select (mouse click) on the small images bellow to see the larger micrographs.


   

  

  

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