A creeping eruption is infection with dog or cat hookworm larvae.
Alternative NamesCutaneous larvae migrans; Ancylostoma braziliense
Causes, incidence, and risk factorsHookworm eggs are found in the stool of infected dogs and cats. When the eggs hatch, the resulting larvae infest the soil and vegetation. When you touch this infested soil, the larvae can dig into your skin, causing an intense inflammatory response that leads to a rash and severe itching.
Creeping eruption is more common in countries with warm climates. In the U.S., the southeastern states have the highest rates of infection. The main risk factor for this disease is contact with damp, sandy soil contaminated with infected cat and dog feces. More children than adults become infected.
SymptomsYour health care provider will usually diagnose this condition by looking at your skin. Rarely, a skin biopsy may be done to rule out other conditions.
TreatmentAnti-parisitic drugs (thiabendazole or albendazole) may be used to treat the infection. Ivermectin may also work.
Expectations (prognosis)Creeping eruption may go away by itself over a period of weeks to months. Treatment helps the infection go away more quickly and is highly successful.
ComplicationsMake an appointment with your health care provider if you or your child have skin lesions that are snakelike, itchy, and migratory.
PreventionPublic sanitation and de-worming of dogs and cats have decreased hookworm infestation in the United States.
Hookwarm larvae often enter the body through bare feet, so wearing shoes in areas where hookworm infections are known to occur will help prevent infection.
ReferencesKazura JW. Nematode infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds.Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 378.Magma and gases that have been blocked in chambers under the Earth's surface, erupt through the tops of volcanoes.
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They can erupt anytime, when magma rises from the mantle and spews out of the volcano.
A volcano can erupt twice or even an infinite number of times. Most volcanoes erupt many times over their lives.
Himalayas mountains never erupt and they will not erupt.
Yes, they often erupt again.
No, erupt is a verb.The noun form of the verb to erupt is eruption.
No. Volcanoes erupt.
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Erupt is a verb.
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What caused mt.adams to erupt?
they mostly erupt in Hawaii
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Volcanoes can erupt in any climate. Climate does not affect a volcano's ability to erupt.
The past tense of erupt is erupted.