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Hookworm Foot #Clinical #Hookworm #Foot #BMJ
Hookworm Foot #Clinical ... #Hookworm #Foot
Ancylostoma duodenale (Hookworm) Infection on Endoscopy 
Unwanted heavy load of guests in prepyloric region, and duodenum
Ancylostoma duodenale (Hookworm ... Ancylostoma #duodenale #Hookworm
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Intestinal Hookworm ... #Hookworm #Intestinal
Creeping Eruption - Cutaneous Larva Migrans - The eruption was migratory, moving a few millimeters to
Larva #Migrans #Hookworm
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Anti-H2, H Pylori • Hookworm
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Enteritis, Bleeding, Hookworm
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Miscellaneous: Hookworm
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Bacterial overgrowth, Hookworm
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Bacterila overgrowth, Hookworm