Tests also showed that hookworm eggs in her stools were necator americanus, a species known to cause severe anaemia. Such parasites feed on blood in the intestines, which can lead to severe iron ...

Journal of Medical Case Reports A medical scan showed live hookworms in a woman’s stomach ... was diagnosed with anemia and stomach inflammation, and tested positive for a bacterial stomach ...

Iron deficiency condition anaemia occurs when the body doesn't ... Dr Baumgardt told The Conversation. Adult hookworms live in the intestines of infected dogs and cats. When those animals ...

which were anemia, loss of appetite and fatigue. The Hunan Province, where the woman lives, "has also made significant progress in controlling hookworms," the study notes, saying the rate of ...

Still, while "the rate of hookworm infection remains low, the risk [of infection] remains." She was treated with Albendazole — an FDA-approved medication according to the Mayo Clinic. Following a ...