A disease called love

A Disease Called Love

A parasite is an organism that grows and takes shelter in a host organism while contributing nothing to its survival. Many types of parasites roam the earth in a desperate search for a host to leech onto, but perhaps the most common type of parasite, that has at one time or another affected even the healthiest of souls, is the love parasite. Everyday someone is afflicted with the crippling, parasitic disease of love. Endearment grows and feeds mercilessly on two people but does not provide any real sustenance. Ardor is not a basic need, such as food and shelter. Nonetheless, love wiggles its way into the blood stream and affects people in a way strikingly similar to another parasitic disease; malaria.
Both malaria and love are caused by a single bite. The mosquito carries plasmodium falciparum nestled in its belly, and when it bites into the tender flesh of a person the parasite is transferred into the host’s blood stream. The love bug acts ...