Hookworms can live in bedding and can also be transmitted through fecal matter and sometimes they are invisible to the eye.
If you or your pet has hookworms or other worms you should wash bedding and change bedding daily to get rid of possible hookworms and always wash your hands.
The signs of worms in adults are abdominal pain or tenderness, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, gas and bloating, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting and abdominal pain.
Human Hookworms eat and feed on the blood in the human intestines.
Untreated human hookworms can lead to blood loss which can also lead to protein deficiency and anemia.
If the anemia gets severe enough it can lead to fatigue, muscle cramps, dizziness, chest pain and shortness of breath.
Hookworms are treated in humans through use of hookworm medication such as mebendazole and albendazole which are Anthelminthic medications which rid the body of parasitic worms including hookworms.
To get rid of hookworms in humans you will need to see a doctor and be prescribed hookworm treatment medication that you take as prescribed until your body no longer contains hookworms.
The medicine that is used to treat hookworms in humans are mebendazole and albendazole which are Anthelminthic medications which rid the body of parasitic worms including hookworms.
Hookworms are contagious in humans and can be spread when someone defecates in soil or when someone uses human feces as fertilizer.
You won't get hookworms simply by being around a person but the hookworms could spread through contact with the person if you touch them and then you fail to wash your hands and then eat or prepare food.
Hookworms can get as long as 0.3 to 0.5 inches in length or from 8 to 13 millimeters in length.
Hookworms can live in your intestine for as long as 10 years although many hookworms only live up to a few months or so in the intestine.
Anthelminthic medications (drugs that rid the body of parasitic worms), such as albendazole and mebendazole, are the drugs of choice for treatment of hookworm infections.
Infections of hookworms are generally treated for 1-3 days.
The recommended medications for hookworm treatment are effective and appear to have few side effects.
Itching and a localized rash are often the first signs of a hookworm infection.
These symptoms occur when the larvae of the hookworm penetrate the skin.
A person with a light hookworm infection may have no symptoms.
A person with a heavy hookworm infection may experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue and anemia.
Hookworms are intestinal, blood-feeding, parasitic roundworms that cause types of infection known as helminthiases.
Hookworm infection is found in many parts of the world, and is common in areas with poor access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Most people infected with hookworms have no symptoms.
Some people infected with hookworms may have gastrointestinal symptoms, especially persons who are infected for the first time.
The most serious effects of hookworm infection are blood loss leading to anemia, in addition to protein loss.
People can get hookworm infections through soil contaminated with human feces.
The hookworm larvae can burrow into your skin if you walk barefoot in the soil.
You might also get it by ingesting food or water with soil in it.