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Windsor couple Eddie Zytner and Katie Stephens can’t help but regret a recent trip to the Caribbean — but so would anybody who came home with parasites burrowing in their feet.

“I have dozens of worms in my feet, and so does Katie,” said Zytner, 25, on Friday. “It’s kind of sickening to think about.”

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Stephens, 22, added: “It’s pretty gross. It’s something living in your body that’s not supposed to be there.”

Both Zytner and his girlfriend Stephens are currently suffering from cutaneous larva migrans — better known as hookworms.

The disease is typically contracted in tropical environments by walking barefoot in sand or on moist soil. Near-microscopic nematode larvae enter mammalian hosts by migrating through the skin.

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Zytner said he and Stephens walked barefoot on beaches from the very first day of their week-long stay at the IFA Villas Bavaro All-Inclusive Resort and Spa on Playa Bavaro in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.