A teenager from California visited a dermatology clinic complaining of an unsightly rash, which was later found to be parasitic worms. The 19-year-old boy worked as a beach lifeguard in southern ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin. But, in the New England ...

At a follow-up appointment, doctors found 'the rash cleared up quickly'. Hookworms live in the intestines of infected dogs and cats. When those animals go to their bathroom, sometimes, their feces ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

However when the problems persisted doctors carried out an endoscopy—inserting a camera into the gut via the mouth—and found live hookworms crawling in her gut. Tests also showed that ...