The way doctors test for hookworms in humans is they take a sample of your poop which is known as a stool sample.
Then the stool sample or poop sample is sent off to the lab where they examine the stool sample under a microscope.
The microscope lets them see if there are hookworms or hookworm eggs in your poop.
If there are hookworms in your poop or hookworm eggs then you can be prescribed some worm medicine to kill off the hookworms and hookworm eggs.
Hookworms are very small and hard to see with the naked eye.
Sometimes hookworms are visible slightly to the eye but to really see the hookworms or hookworm eggs you require a microscope.
The doctor will take a stool sample which is a sample of your poop and then examine the sample of poop under a microscope to see if there are any hookworms or hookworm eggs.
Hookworms are only about 1/8" (2-3 mm) long and so small in diameter.
The hookworms can live in humans for 6 months to a year and even longer.
In some cases some hookworms can live in humans for as long as 10 years if they are not killed off.
If you have hookworms in your body you need to get medicine and get treatment for the hookworms so that they can be killed off quickly.
The hookworms that are left in your body can cause health issues so it's important to kill the hookworms if you're infected with them.
A doctor will take a stool sample of your poop and then examine the poop sample under a microscope to see and look for hookworm eggs or hookworms.
It can be hard to see the hookworms with the naked eye so a microscope is needed.