Worms often feed on blood in the intestines, which can lead to chronic blood loss and iron deficiency. Blood reports indicated anemia in the boy, thus indicating a parasitic infection. Doctors ...

As the name implies, hookworms have a hook-like head that attaches to your intestinal walls. These tiny worms can cause a ...

In the middle of 2020, Alex Loukas deliberately infected himself with intestinal worms. The procedure was pretty straightforward: he used a Band-Aid to press a few larvae of the New World hookworm ...