When such pork is eaten (by a man or a hog) without thorough cooking, the cysts dissolve; the liberated worms mate and multiply in the intestines. The young worms wriggle into the lymphatic ducts ...

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The horrific Guinea worm once infected millions of people a year. Thanks to Jimmy Carter and others, the leg-infesting ...

Parasitic infections or worms can affect anyone, regardless of age or location. While often associated with unsanitary conditions, these infections occur through various routes that many people ...

At this stage, diarrhoea, stomach pain, tiredness and vomiting are among its common symptoms, but these typically intensify when the adult worms mate, producing more larvae. Left untreated ...

The worms mate in the intestine, the males disintegrate and the females travel down to the rectum and lay their eggs as they emerge on the skin around the anus. This egg laying usually happens at ...