🖤 1.7: Hookworm

Question 1

Hookworm

Answer 1

humans are only host

Question 2

Hookworm Life Cycle (1)

Answer 2

Eggs in soil contaminated with feces, eggs hatch and devlop into larva

Question 3

Hookworm Life Cycle (2)

Answer 3

Human host contract larva by contact with soil via bare feet

Question 4

Hookworm Life Cycle (3)

Answer 4

Larva penetrate skin, migrate though blood vessels to lungs

Question 5

Hookworm Life Cycle (4)

Answer 5

Migrate to throat when swallowed

Question 6

Hookworm Life Cycle (5)

Answer 6

Swallowed larva end up in large intestine

Question 7

Hookworm Life Cycle (6)

Answer 7

Develop into adult form, begin producing eggs

Question 8

Hookworm Life Cycle (7)

Answer 8

Eggs leave body in feces

Question 9

Hookworm Symptoms

Answer 9

Depend on parasitic burden

Low Burden: (mild) itching, skin redness

High Burden: (severe) intestinal bleeding, anemia, iron deficiency

Question 10

Hookworm Treatment

Answer 10

anti-helminthic meds for (1-3 days), iron supplements for anemia