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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
In children (or adults) who walk barefoot, the hookworm can penetrate the sole of the foot and cause a lesion. The larva will then begin to mature while it moves towards the intestines. As in dogs, the hookworm will attach to the intestinal wall. Humans who have become infected will show symptoms of intestinal bleeding, abdominal pains, anemia, severe diarrhea and malnutrition. [1]
As mentioned earlier larval migrans or as it is also known, creeping eruption, is also a very uncomfortable symptom of this disease, and can also be caused by invasion of hookworms from other animals such as cats and dogs. Because they are in an abnormal host they do not mature to adults but instead migrate through the skin until killed by the host's inflammatory response. This causes local intense itching. Topical treatment with thiabendazole ointment is very effective in controlling this condition.
References
- ↑ "Hookworms in dogs and humans". Retrieved 2008-10-30.