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Monsters Inside Me Season 3 Episode 1

A toddler starts worrying her parents when she loses her appetite for the foods she normally eats, but starts craving salt and even cat food. After developing a rash, her parents find out that she has been infected by the Toxocara canis parasite. A middle-aged executive of a company starts to feel pain in his abdomen, not knowing that he has been infected by a bacteria called ESBL E. coli. A married couple start to feel flu-like symptoms, which turns out they’ve been infected by the plague bacterium. However, the husband’s condition is much worse, and even has to get his calves amputated.

Episode Title: My Child Will Only Eat Cat Food

Air Date: 2012-04-05