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The male worm dies after mating, but the female worm stays in the body.
雄性麦地那龙线虫交配后死亡，但雌性麦地那龙线虫留在体内。
The worm grows inside the person's body.
麦地那龙线虫在人体内生长。
The female worm is long, thin and white.
雌性麦地那龙线虫又长又细，呈白色。
It can grow up to a meter long inside a person's body!
它在人体内可以长到一米长！
The worm usually moves to the lower parts of a person's body.
麦地那龙线虫通常会移动到人的下半身。
About a year later, the full grown female worm tries to leave the person's body.
大约一年后，成年的雌性麦地那龙线虫试图离开人体。
It does this by releasing acid, a damaging chemical.
它通过释放酸来实现，酸是一种破坏性的化学物质。
This creates a blister, or wound, on the person's body.
这会在人的身上产生水疱或伤口。
The worm comes through the skin through this blister.
麦地那龙线虫通过这个水疱穿过皮肤。
Removing a worm from a person's body is a long painful process.
将麦地那龙线虫从人的体内清除是一个漫长而痛苦的过程。
A person cannot remove the worm when it first comes through the skin.
当麦地那龙线虫第一次穿过皮肤时，人无法将其清除。
Since the worm is so long, it must be taken out slowly.
由于麦地那龙线虫很长，所以必须慢慢把它取出来。
If the worm breaks, the remaining part of the worm may cause a bad infection.
如果麦地那龙线虫断了，其剩余部分可能会引起严重的感染。
The person must wrap the worm around a stick and pull it out a little bit every day.
人必须把麦地那龙线虫缠在一根棍子上，每天把它往外拉一点。
This may take weeks or even months to do.
这可能需要几周甚至几个月的时间。
This is what happened to Mr. Igelle.
这就是发生在伊格尔先生身上的事情。
The worm made his hand hurt very badly.
麦地那龙线虫使他的手疼得厉害。
"The pain is like if you cut someone with a knife. It is like fire. It moves slowly, but you feel it even into your heart."
“这种疼痛就像你用刀割人一样。它就像火。它移动得很慢，但你甚至能感觉到它进入了你的心脏。”
The worm has begun to come out through Mr. Igelle's skin.
麦地那龙线虫已经开始从伊格尔先生的皮肤里出来了。
The guinea worm has caused his hand to grow larger.
麦地那龙线虫使他的手变大了。
He is unable to hold tools to farm his field.
他无法握住耕田的农具。
The wound is too painful.
伤口太痛了。
The worm uses this pain to help it release its larvae.
麦地那龙线虫利用这种疼痛来帮助它释放幼虫。
The pain makes Mr. Igelle want to put the wound in water.
这种疼痛让伊格尔先生想把伤口浸入水中。
This reduces his pain.
这减轻了他的疼痛。
But when the worm reaches water, it releases a white cloud of larvae.
但当麦地那龙线虫到达水中时，它会释放出一团白色的幼虫。
This is how the larvae enter the drinking water of villages.
这就是幼虫进入村里的饮用水的方式。
Many communities have suffered from Guinea worm disease for a very long time.
许多社区长期遭受麦地那龙线虫病的折磨。
But for the past 20 years, communities in Africa and Asia have been fighting the Guinea worm.
但在过去的20年里，非洲和亚洲的社区一直在与麦地那龙线虫作斗争。
And they are winning the fight.
他们将要赢得这场战斗。
Guinea worm disease may be the first disease since smallpox to be completely stopped.
麦地那龙线虫病可能是继天花之后第一种被完全消灭的疾病。
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