Has anyone ever had hookworms before?
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that dingoling is thinking about iodine being put on leaches.......not hookworms
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How weird, my mom just had this, and I had never heard about it before that. All the above is correct, but I just wanted to add that you ought to get it treated soon and change your diet around accordingly. My mom almost died from it, which is unheard of, and she ended up having a foot of intestine being taken out. Watch out! It can get pretty damn serious.
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I have never heard of one with just those symptoms.  There must be something else going on too.
719198
Mostly by eating raw or uncooked food or drinking contaminated water. Go to the doctor to find the right meds for your particular worm. Note: they do not go away by themselves, even if you aren't having symptoms.
1101776
yes as i have had experiences with them before
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BUSTED!\n\nWhile medical experts agree that the accompanying stories are fiction, debate over the authenticity of the images themselves is ongoing. When I showed them to pathologist Ed Friedlander, he concluded they had been faked, largely because most of the anatomical landmarks one would expect to find in a dissected brain are nowhere to be seen. Another expert speculated that the photos could be real, but, if so, depict a very serious case of scalp cancer, not a "brain infection."  In any case, no one was able to account for their origin.\n\nIn a new development, the debunkers at Snopes.com have determined, based on information from an unnamed but presumably reliable source, that the images are indeed real and document the case of 70-year-old man suffering from "an unusual form of cancer which had eaten away at the upper portion of his skull and scalp."  Contacted for a follow-up opinion, Dr. Friedlander agreed the explanation is plausible, but in his judgment the photos may still have been retouched.  "I cannot account for the apparent maggots and apparent eggs," he wrote. \n\nAs to Mr. Fujiwara, the sushi fanatic who supposedly contracted brain worms by eating raw fish, that variation of the tale is simply preposterous. While the medical literature supports the claim that certain species of tapeworm and roundworm can infect the human digestive tract when consumed in raw or undercooked fish, I could find no indication that these particular parasites (in contrast to the pork tapeworm, which is capable of causing a wider, more serious array of symptoms) can migrate to other human organs, such as the brain. In documented cases where pork tapeworm larvae have been found in the brain, they were embedded, cyst-like, in the neural tissue; they don't crawl around freely, nor are they capable of boring through the patient's skull and emerging through the scalp.\n\nTo set the record straight, maggots can infest the human brain, and so can certain types of tapeworm larvae. But these conditions are pretty rare and, in spite of what you may have heard through the email grapevine, they don't result from ignoring ingrown hairs or binging on sushi.
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no never, but my friend did, the person had gotten huge straches on his face. and arms\nbut her nail broke xD
685040
Yes I have , don't be like me.Go to the doctor and get it taken care of .  I now have no hearing and that ear.this is not something to play around with .
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Usually you get this on the feet, though once I did get a solitary circle on my arm.  Since I live in a very humid semitropical environment, I shrugged and did not think much of it.\n\nAs it's a fungus, yes, it could be passed on, I think, though contact with surfaces or fabrics which have the spores. You want to bathe in water with a strong bleach solution, and pass a little time in between, in the sun.  Also, apply the typical creams meant for this, which you can get either over the counter or by prescription.\n\nI very much doubt that it is pinworm, since this is an intestinal infection.  But you know, how many of us here have enough medical training, and even then we cannot give a proper diagnosis.  Go to a doctor and get it checked out, but in the meantime, don't worry so much.  The worry is probably worse than whatever you have.
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You certainly could have threadworm - and the medication is benign enough that you can safely take it yourself without consulting your doctor. I would reccomend two courses back-to-back, and the other measures described in the previous psots (treat the household, wash your bedlinen).\nThrush is NOT a feature of threadworm. If it is recurrent, and you are losing weight, you need to consider diabetes as a possibility. Are you particularly thirsty, passing plenty of urine, and fatigued?\nSomething else to consider with weightloss and episodes of diarrhoea, is hyperthyroidism (overactive). \n\nIf the double course does not help, attend your doctor with these alternative diagnoses in mind (which, by the way, are not exhaustive).
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a/k/a quinsy.  These are good.  They smell like a Wendy's dumpster, but they're on your side dude.  People I know who get these usually don't get sick more than a few hours before the road to recovery.  These disgusting little gremlins are compilations of...whatever that nerd said who wrote about them in his/her answer.  It's like the tonsils are a dumpster and a site for waste disposal.  Just don't touch the white cheese with your fingers and s*it.  Gargle with salt water or use some tweezers to grab em and pull em out.  Remember to sterilize the tweezers first by running them under boiling water, then wiping them with alcohol, and burning the tips with fire using your gas stove or a match.  Warning for dumbasses: let the tweezers cool down a bit after.  Run them under some cold water for 2 seconds so you don't burn your tonsils.  After you pull out the white cheese, you can smell it and collect them in a bag and watch them attract bacteria over time.  Ur a lucky guy.
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yes nematodes are common in fish, so dont be alarmed. they are natural parasites to fish. if your fish has them in, its best to remove them before cooking. if you do not and especially if you do not cook the fish well enough to kill these worms, then they are likely to infect you. you now probably have worms in your gut.
940190
Sounds like ring worm to me. Your MD will probably prescribe an anti-fungal cream
996257
Yes. It does sound like ringworm. He will need an atibiotic for it. My son got ringworm from a swimming pool. Right on his chest too., and he ran a fever with it. Good luck!
686104
sure i've heard of it.  but i'm in med school so that's expected.  however, my gramma did have it a while back.  apparently, it's probably just about the most awful thing you can suffer from.  you're constanly sick and dizzy no matter what you do.  i'd probly kill myself if i got it.
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No. Worms in eyes are uncommon.  I think you maybe referring to an infection with Loa loa, a parasitic worm transmitted by an African species of fly.  In this infection, the worm may migrate to the eye and can be seen crawling (fairly quickly) under the conjunctiva of the eye.
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yes, ringworm, which is very disgusting, and a rare disease called toxicara which is carried by both cats and dogs. my son was infected at age 4 with toxicara which resulted in blindness in one eye, after undergoing surgery.