Journal of Medical Case Reports A medical scan showed live hookworms in a woman’s stomach, shocking doctors who said she didn’t have the telltale gastrointestinal symptoms of the parasitic ...

Hookworms are parasites that are typically ... Kelli has since shared photos of her son’s infection to Facebook to help raise awareness about the importance of wearing footwear in public spaces.

However when the problems persisted doctors carried out an endoscopy—inserting a camera into the gut via the mouth—and found live hookworms crawling in her gut. Tests also showed that ...