Holidaymakers were today warned about the dangers of parasites after a teenager's 'rash' was discovered to be worms crawling underneath his skin. Doctors revealed the 19-year-old developed the ...

leading to symptoms including yellowing of the skin, dizziness and even depression. The gut, however, isn't the only location the bloodsucking worms migrate, with the parasite often lurking in ...

Lymphatic filariasis, a devastating parasitic ... of skin and underlying tissue, which can lead to permanent disability. There is no rapid cure for the infection, and most of the current treatments do ...

Given the boy’s beachside job and the way the rash looked, doctors diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans, a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae - baby worms that haven’t ...

Parasitic infections can trigger skin reactions, including itchy rashes, eczema-like symptoms, hives and acne outbreaks. This happens because worms release toxins that overstimulate the immune ...

Scientists this week published information on an unprecedented case in Australia, where they found and extracted a live parasitic worm from the brain of a woman in Canberra. The worm was some 8 ...

they would cause inflammation in the host's skin. However, a 2022 study in which Perotti also participated found that this was different from the characteristic of parasites in that they reduce ...