Several types of intestinal worms can infect humans. The general term for these animals is helminths. Several helminths, such as the following, cause illnesses: Pinworms are the most common type ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

Intestinal worms are also known as stomach worms. These are generally found in the wall of the intestine. There are various kinds of worms present in the intestine like tapeworms, threadworms ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting ...

[iStockphoto] Eric Maloba's five-year-old son underwent surgery to remove intestinal worms. According to Maloba, who hails from Matungu in Kakamega County, the worms had taken a huge toll on his ...

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 ...

Though respiratory diseases and malaria led the pack, the top 10 other most reported conditions included Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), intestinal worms, injuries from road accidents and eye ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

Casey Locklear, DVM, US medical strategic lead for Elanco Animal Health and a practicing veterinarian in Texas, discussed Credelio Quattro chewable tablets in a dvm360 interview.