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By secreting an irritating chemical, the worm causes a blister to form on the skin surface. This chemical also causes nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and diarrhea.
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How does a hookworm harm you?
An estimated 576-740 million people in the world are infected with hookworm. Some infected people experience gastrointestinal symptoms, especially if they are infected for the first time. The most serious effects of hookworm infection are blood loss leading to anemia and protein loss.
What symmetry is the hookworm in?
Is a hookworm radial
How long before the symptoms of a hookworm appears?
Symptoms of a hookworm infection can appear within a few weeks after exposure, typically 1 to 2 months. Initial symptoms may include mild abdominal discomfort, fatigue, and anemia due to blood loss. In some cases, skin reactions may occur where the larvae penetrate the skin. However, many individuals may remain asymptomatic for a longer period.
What kind of parasite hookworm?
Hookworm is endoparasites. From: Micol Colico :)
What are some common symptoms of hookworms in dogs?
In dogs, a hookworm infection can often show no symptoms. When it does, the dog may have tarry or bloody diarrhea, anemia, weight loss, emaciation, and weakness progressing as the infection remains. Hookworm infections can be treated by dewormer medicines, and prevented by heartworm preventives.
How do you use the word hookworm in a sentence?
The doctor administered a hookworm prevention shot.
Can hookworm burrow into the skin?
Yes, hookworms are able to penetrate intact skin and that is actually the main way for a person to become infected. Hookworms usually infect a person who has been walking barefoot in contaminated soil. Most people who are infected show no symptoms and do not even know that they have the parasite. If a person does show adverse symptoms, and it is due to hookworm, there is medicine to treat the infected person.
How do hookworm larvae cause an itch?
Itching also may be caused when any of the family of hookworm larvae penetrate the skin. This includes swimmer's itch and creeping eruption caused by cat or dog hookworm, and ground itch caused by the "true" hookworm.
Is hookworm parasite?
Yes, a hookworm is a parasite that sucks blood via the tissue of an intestine it infects.
Which phylum of worms has a false coelom and a complete digestive tract?
aschelminthes
How does a hookworm communicate?
IT DOESNT
What is the phylum of the hookworm?
Nematoda
