Pin Worm - Tape Worm - Thread Worm
- Whip Worm - Hook Worm
Believe it or not, worms can live inside
of you! Not your garden variety of worm, but close relatives.
These worms live in your intestines / gut, and when you eat they eat
by stealing some of the food you digest. The hook worm takes
things further by actually painlessly biting into the lining
of your gut and sucking blood to fatten itself.
These parasite worms are picked up in different
ways. Some seep through exposed skin like bare feet on soil and others
you eat from rare/ raw meats.
Symptoms of pin, tape, thread, whip and hook worms are:
- Hives/
Urticaria
- Itchy nose
and bottom
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal
pains
Very severe infections can lead to malnutrition, weight
loss, and fall in blood count from worms hijacking your
meals for themselves.
Worms can be suspected from the above symptoms especially chronic
buttocks and nose itch in a town where worm infections are known to
occur. Your doctor can identify whether and which worm is responsible
by taking a sample of stool from you and sending this to a lab to
look at under a microscope.
Treatment of pin, tape, thread, whip, and hook worms is quite simple
- worm medicine! A one to three day course of tablet or liquid wormicide
paralyzes the worms and they pass out in your next stool.
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