The Every Day Medical Risks of Living Unsheltered

“I think it was a millipede, maybe a centipede,” she said. “I was sleeping outside, and I woke up with my thumb burning. It was like the thing had gone inside. I squeezed it, and it hurt so bad. I thought I was gonna lose it.”

Living unsheltered means even a minor wound can become life-threatening. But Wrexha never thought she was vulnerable to such a “crazy thing.”

“It scared me,” she said…

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