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 ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the ...

“It’s just so unusual,” said Robert Cowie, a research professor at the University of Hawaii and an expert in the parasitic worm that infected the woman. After a week of these ...

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

A spinal tap revealed abnormally high levels of eosinophils-white blood cells that combat parasites-prompting doctors to conclude that she had been infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis ...

A 30-year-old woman from New England, in the USA, was horrified to discover she had rare parasitic worms in her brain after complaining of a burning sensation in her legs and feet. According to ...

It’s possible to spot threadworms in the stool after a bowel movement. They can make themselves known in several other ways, including nighttime irritability and bed wetting. Because the worms ...

It’s possible to spot threadworms in the stool after a bowel movement. They can make themselves known in several other ways, including nighttime irritability and bed wetting. Because the worms prefer ...

Real worms have now replaced fictitious worms as a point of discussion in many other households with young children ...