Growth the size of a melon: a scrotum-swelling disease threatening thousands

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/25/genital-swelling-disease-mosquito-borne-infection-lymphatic-filariasis-hydrocele

Efforts to eradicate the disfiguring mosquito-borne infection lymphatic filariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries

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MashedHobbits@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Oh no please don’t infect me with the melon sized penis disease.

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Scrotum.

Not penis.

Think Randy and all the South Park idiots bouncing around on their balls.

unreachable@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

wondrous_strange@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

buffalo soldierrrrr

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

their the engine that drives the train!

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I mean sure, but the comparison here would roughly be a parasite that causes a melon sized tumor on inside of one of your ovaries.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

yeah I was just making a joke reference to an episode of the shield.

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ah. Never seen it.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y

I thought it was better than the sopranos. I would give my main gripe about the series but it involves a major spoiler for episode one.

qarbone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

A melondick is not the kinda dick you want