Right: Hookworm rhabditiform larva (wet preparation). Image: Left: Filariform (元) hookworm larva in a wet mount. Hookworm infections are treatable with medication prescribed by your health care provider. The most serious effects of hookworm infection are blood loss leading to anemia, in addition to protein loss. Some have gastrointestinal symptoms, especially persons who are infected for the first time. Most people infected with hookworms have no symptoms. One kind of hookworm can also be transmitted through the ingestion of larvae. Hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil.
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The larvae mature into a form that can penetrate the skin of humans. They can then mature and hatch, releasing larvae (immature worms). The larvae mature into a form that can penetrate the skin of. If the infected person defecates outside (near bushes, in a garden, or field) of if the feces of an infected person are used as fertilizer, eggs are deposited on soil. If the infected person defecates outside (near bushes, in a garden, or field) of if the feces of an infected person are used as fertilizer, eggs are deposited on soil. Hookworm eggs are passed in the feces of an infected person. Hookworm eggs are passed in the feces of an infected person. Together, they account for a major burden of disease worldwide. Hookworm, Ascaris, and whipworm are known as soil-transmitted helminths (parasitic worms). Some of the other symptoms, which may occur are fever, nausea, intestinal cramps, abdominal pain and colic. Diarrhea may occur when the hookworms grow in intestines. This is due to allergy reaction during the time of penetration of the larvae through skin. Hookworm was once widespread in the United States, particularly in the southeastern region, but improvements in living conditions have greatly reduced hookworm infections. However, when an individual does experience symptoms, they will primarily begin with itching and a rash, which develops as the larvae, enters the skin. An estimated 576-740 million people in the world are infected with hookworm.