10 Symptoms of Hookworms in Humans
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Blood in Stool
Blood in the stool is considered a complication of a severe infestation. Stool samples are normally taken by health care workers to check for hookworm eggs and signs of blood.
Huge worm burdens can turn into hookworm disease, commonly found in individuals with chronic hookworm infestations. Although the bleeding is not severe, hookworms can cause intestinal hemorrhage, which might lead to small black specks of blood in the stool.2Wei, Kun-Yan, et al. ‘Hookworm Infection: A Neglected Cause of Overt Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding.’ The Korean Journal of Parasitology, The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Aug. 2017, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594735
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