#hookworms

In the first clinical trial of its kind, a team led by scientists from James Cook University in Australia inoculated volunteers with human hookworm larvae (Necator americanus) to see if these parasites can improve their metabolic health. The two-year study included 24 participants, each of whom showed heightened insulin resistance at the start of the trial. By the end of the investigation, researchers found those who were infected with hookworms showed a significant reduction in their insulin resistance scores compared to those who were given a placebo. That's not enough to recommend the practice just yet, but the findings join those of another pioneering study published in 2021 that infected participants with hookworms and found it benefited their gut's microbiome.

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The condition you’re referring to is cutaneous larval migrans. Dogs and cats are the standard host for the hookworm and the worms usually complete their life cycle in the intestines and pass eggs in the feces, which hatch into larvae and are then picked up orally by other dogs or cats. However, any ground that is contaminated with egg-filled feces soon becomes host to the baby (larval) stages of the hookworm, which can penetrate the feet of animals and migrate under the skin, causing sores. It is actually much less common in dogs than it is in humans, which can get cutaneous hookworms from walking in contaminated sand or mud (and this is one reason why it is so important to have dogs and cats on monthly hookworm prevention). After the larval hookworms penetrate the skin, they migrate via blood to the lungs, where they access the trachea and are swallowed. Similar to those that gained entry through fecal-oral routes, these larvae then end up in the intestine. Usually the immune response in humans stops the hookworms before they reach the lungs, but in dogs and cats they can often slip by the immune system un-noticed. 

When the larval hookworms penetrate the skin, they often cause a lot of irritation. Your dog could have rolled in some contaminated dirt and gotten the larvae in her back, or she could have experienced somatic migration, in which larvae reenter the blood vessels in the lungs and travel to the muscles or organs, where they become encysted and their development is stopped.

GALTx eNews: The Horrors of the Modern Hookworm!

Hookworms are increasingly common and more difficult than ever to clear from our greyhounds. According to a study by the University of Georgia, today’s hookworm is a hybrid resistant to all treatments currently approved in the US. Hookworms can even 'hibernate’ and re-infect a greyhound after the treatment clears the active infection.

After reviewing many combinations of parasitic medications, Bill Feeman, DVM at Animal Medical Centre, Medina, Ohio, recommends a treatment regime that appears to be the most successful:

Coraxis, or Advantage Multi, for 6 months (applied topically once a month)

Pyrantel Paramote based on each dog's weight, given 2 weeks after the Coraxis or Advantage Multi for 6 months

Recheck fecal 2-3 weeks after the last medication administration.

Coraxis, or Advantage Multi, is a preventative for heartworms and intestinal parasites. GALT's veterinarians at VCA Preston Park Animal Hospital in Dallas are on board with this protocol. Sometimes, with this protocol, it takes 6 months or more to show a consistent clear fecal. Click here to read Dr. Feeman's memo dated November 1, 2019, or click here to read Dr. Feeman's "Greyhound Medical Idiosyncrasies" which addresses hookworms on page 8, Item 32.

If the Greyhound you are adopting is positive to hookworms, GALT adopters receive the medication doses required and a schedule of when to administer them in their adoption packets. Please follow this schedule religiously! At the conclusion of the six-month treatment, GALT pays for the fecal if you schedule it through GALT at VCA Preston Park Animal Hospital. If the test is negative, we recommend rechecking again in two weeks with your vet to confirm the negative results. Click here to read the full letter and step by step checklist included in our adoption packets. Click here to download a letter you can present to your vet.

To help minimize the possibility of re-infestation and spreading hookworms to other dogs in your household, please always ‘pick up’ after your greyhound immediately after each elimination. Thank you for your assistance with finding a solution to keep our fur babies happy and healthy!

INTESTINAL WORMS

“A mechanism by the virtue of which one can have the bad impact on the immune system of the body”

The intestinal worms are the kind of parasitic infections in which the parasites infects the gastro-intestinal tract of humans. These parasites can live anywhere in the body, but most of them prefer to live in the intestinal wall.

TYPES OF INTESTINAL WORMS:

Flatworms (Tapeworms, Flukes)

Roundworms (Ascariasis, Pinworms, Hookworms)

SYMPTOMS:

Abdominal pain

Diarrhea

Nausea

Vomiting

Gas/bloating

Fatigue

Dysentery

Anemia

Tenderness in stomach

Unexplained weight loss

Anal/vaginal itching

Irritation

Sleeplessness

Difficulty in breathing

Teeth grinding

Seizures

CAUSES:

Consumption of contaminated water & soil

Poor sanitation & hygiene

Contact with contaminated feces

RISK FACTORS:

Weakened immune system

Anemia

Intestinal blockages

“Hope for cure for Intestinal worms at your own HomoeoCARE”

It is the safe & reliable mode of treatment.

It helps in strengthening the fighting mechanism of the body.

It not only helps in eradicating the worms but also improves the overall health of an individual.

It uses the natural & holistic approach of homoeopathy to cure.

It provides the non-toxic remedies.

It finds the root cause of the disease.

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