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"Scots said he experienced some itching where the band aid was, which he understood, was the larvae making their way into the blood stream. What happens next i
by coglethorpe 17y ago
"Scots said he experienced some itching where the band aid was, which he understood, was the larvae making their way into the blood stream.
What happens next is the hookworms then travel from the blood stream into the lungs, where once there, causes the patient to naturally cough. Patients then cough the microscopic helminthes up into the throat, then swallow them, and this is how hookworms get to the intestines, where they latch on, and they begin to mature."
That was actually kind of cool to read. Parasites hack their way into our bodies.