THREADWORMS "Tell-tale signs are a very itchy bottom," said Dr Piccaver.
Strongyloides stercoralis, which is also called
threadworm, is a parasitic nematode that can parasitize dogs, cats, man and other primates (Dillard et al., 2007).
SEE PHARMACIST The service, which will be available during normal pharmacy opening hours plus the evening and These are the minor ailments patients in Wales will be encouraged to have treated chemist rather than going GP: constipation, indigestion, hayfever, coughs, sore athlete's foot, thrush, head lice, diarrhoea, warts, and
threadworm.
2000, Moss & Watson 2001) and parasites, in particular the caecal
threadworm Trichostrongylus tenuis (Potts et al.
Strongyloides stercoralis (
threadworm) and Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms) are less common here but should be considered in immigrants, such as our patient.
For example, the narrative records with uncomfortable realism the treatment that Halley has to undergo as a young child to rid her of infestations first of
threadworm and afterwards of roundworm.
westeri is the hookworm of horses (known as the
threadworm) and can cause bleeding and respiratory problems.
The cause is felt to be related to larvae of the intestinal
threadworm, Strongyloides westeri.
PS loves the soft, pink cotton sateen bed linen with hand drawn
threadworm detail that looks
In wild red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, Wilson (1983) reported that 90% of the birds examined carried the caecal
threadworm Trichostrongylus tenuis, with old birds carrying 30 times the burden of the young (no age effects were seen in the present study).
Common intestinal parasites include pinworm, whipworm, roundworm, hookworm,
threadworm, and tapeworm.
1996): (1) predator-prey relationships, (2) maternal nutrition, (3) host-parasite (cecal
threadworm Trichostrongylus tenuis) relationships, and (4) a later version of Chitty's (1967) genetic hypothesis.