While most people with hookworm infections don't have any symptoms, those with long-term infections can experience lifelong issues as a result, especially children. 22 мая 2020 г.
How long can you live with hookworm?
The larvae follow the digestive tract into the small intestine, where they attach to the walls, grow and mature. Fertilized eggs leave your body in your stool to infect another host. The whole process can take two to three months. The worms can live in your body for two years or more.
Are hookworms permanent?
Adult hookworms do not infect humans; however, the larvae can burrow into human skin (usually through bare feet). This causes itching, commonly called 'ground itch', but the worms do not mature into adults and will die within several weeks.
Can you have hookworms and not know?
Most people infected with hookworms have no symptoms. Some 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.
Can you live with hookworms?
From there, the person can cough them up and swallow them. If a person digests mature hookworms, the worms attach to the small intestine and gain nutrients through human blood. In some cases, the person may develop anemia as they lose blood to the hookworms. Worms may live for over 2 years.
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