Egyptians knew how to treat this before 1550 B.C.

The infection is also referred to as dracunculiasis, and less commonly as dracontiasis.

infected drinking water, the pathogen called dracunculiasis -- meaning "affection with little dragons".

Donald R Hopkins has written:

'Eradication of dracunculiasis' -- subject(s): Dracunculus, Water-supply, Rural

I think you mean the guinea worm disease. Another term for this disease is Dracunculiasis. It develops in the subcutaneous tissue of mammals and has been reported in humans, dogs, horses, cats, cattle and others in Africa and Asia. The worm is acquired by drinking stagnated water contaminated with the guinea worm larvae.