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 ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin. But, in the New England ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

Stomach-churning images have captured the moment doctors discovered bloodsucking worms ... out an endoscopy—inserting a camera into the gut via the mouth—and found live hookworms crawling ...