Worms to my Rescue!

The story of me and my 70 120 new best friends.
Hookworms, y'all.

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Posted 4 months ago

I was wondering if the worms are visible at all, I have eczema and think that the idea of having visible worms showing through my skin as some pictures I've seen online that claim being hookworms would drive me insane!

Asked by Anonymous

Hey Anon,

The hookworms ultimately live in your intestines, so there won’t be any problems of them showing through your skin. The images you’ve probably seen are either of another parasite, or they are of the hookworms squirming against an intestinal wall, not on skin.

When you inoculate, they will burrow through your skin and leave a rash, but they’re microscopic at the time of inoculation, and the rash will go away after a few weeks.