Jigger disease, also known as Tungiasis, is one of the most painful, neglected, and heartbreaking health conditions affecting people in extremely poor communities, especially in rural areas of Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. The disease is caused by a tiny parasitic sand flea called Tunga penetrans. Although this flea is small, the suffering it creates is enormous. Jiggers invade the skin—often the feet, heels, toes, and fingernails—and slowly grow inside the flesh, causing pain, swell

Jigger disease, also known as Tungiasis, is one of the most painful, neglected, and heartbreaking health conditions affecting people in extremely poor communities, especially in rural areas of Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. The disease is caused by a tiny parasitic sand flea called Tunga penetrans. Although this flea is small, the suffering it creates is enormous. Jiggers invade the skin—often the feet, heels, toes, and fingernails—and slowly grow inside the flesh, causing pain, swell

Jigger disease, also known as Tungiasis, is a silent torment that hides beneath the skin — a tiny parasite that can cause unbearable pain, infection, and humiliation. For many people living in rural communities, walking barefoot on dusty ground brings not only freedom but also danger, as the female sand flea burrows into the skin, usually in the feet or toes. Slowly, it grows, feeding on blood, laying eggs, and causing swelling, itching, and wounds that can lead to severe infections if untreated