Matthew Cary by https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50 Hookworm Necator americanus en-us 2019-07-21 20:57:34 UTC 2025-12-18 11:40:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Necator americanus (Hookworm) tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371805973 You can get this parasitic worm anywhere around the world, the Centers of Disease Control estimates that between 576 to 740 million people get this worldwide. 

]]> 2019-07-21 21:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371805973 Disease it can cause tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371806801 In serious cases it can cause Anemia (Low red blood cell count). It can be caused by the hookworms feeding on your blood. This is more for people who do not eat well or they are pregnant.]]> 2019-07-21 21:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371806801 How does it spread? tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371806970 Necator americanus is spread by coming into contact with soil that contains hookworm larvae normally soil that is contaminated with feces. It can live in your system for a year or more. People who live in warm climates and in areas with poor hygiene are more susceptible to get it. It normally penetrates the skin and enters the blood stream. ]]> 2019-07-21 21:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371806970 tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807126 2019-07-21 21:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807126 Symptoms tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807208 If your healthy you might only have the rash.  
It normally starts as itchiness and a small rash this is because the larvae have entered your skin. Then you start having diarrhea as the hookworms grow in your intestines.
Other symptoms include: abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, fever, blood in your stool, and a loss of appetite. ]]> 2019-07-21 21:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807208 Prevention tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807448 Wearing shoes when you walk outdoors, especially in areas that might have feces in the soil. 
Drinking clean water 
Properly cooking food 
Proper hand washing techniques 
Be careful when getting buried in the sand at beaches
 ]]> 2019-07-21 21:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807448 Who is more likely to get it? tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807770 People in third world countries who have poor sewage and sanitization practices. ]]> 2019-07-21 21:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371807770 tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371808039 The infection progresses very fast]]> 2019-07-21 21:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371808039 Treatment tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371808184 The treatment is focused on killing the parasites and to repair any damage that they have done which normally goes along the lines of reversing Anemia.
Treatment Options are 
1st step- Medications that destroy the parasites. The available medications are Albendazole and Mebendazole.
2nd step- The doctor might make you take an iron supplement if you have Anemia


]]> 2019-07-21 21:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371808184 tannercary https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371809314 This is a 3D illustration of what the worm looks like.]]> 2019-07-21 21:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tannercary/ku4b3onfdr50/wish/371809314