Researchers then examined her stool, which revealed the presence of hookworm eggs. Parasitic worms infect up to 480 million people globally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains.

It's possible to spot threadworms in the stool after a bowel movement ... Threadworms aren't the only worms (helminths) that invade humans. Hookworms, for example, affect about 470 million people ...

Doctors didn’t know why the woman wasn’t getting better after being given medication for anemia and a bacterial stomach ...

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 ...

It wasn’t until an endoscopy - a test that looks inside the body - revealed live hookworms in her gut that doctors realised the true cause of her woes. Stool tests confirmed that the hookworms ...

americanus in the stool of more than a third of people tested ... let's not forget that there's a second category of hookworms: the ones that bore into your body but generally don't make it ...

Doctors discovered live hookworms in a woman's stomach.

Researchers then examined her stool, which revealed the presence of hookworm eggs. Parasitic worms infect up to 480 million people globally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains. The ...