Your first sign that you have hookworms are rashes on your feet, called "ground itch" or "dew poisioning". The worms live on the ground and enter your body through your feet. It will be some weeks before you get the other symptoms of anemia, unexplained weight loss, pain in your abdomen, coughing, labored breathing, core throat, diarrhea and iron deficiency. Hookworm is common in places where walking around in bare feet is common.
Instructions
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1. As soon you realize you have rashes on your feet, eat a pearl of garlic. You can also take garlic capsules, but they are more expensive.
2. Clean your feet and apply aromatherapy oils like tea tree or lavender. These oils are fungicides and often the basis for over the counter fungicide liquids.
3. Go to your doctor with a stool sample for a diagnosis and a list of whatever medicines or vitamins you are taking. Be sure to tell the doctor if you have ever had liver or stomach disease. You need to tell the doctor if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
4. Get prescription for mebendozole or other anti-parasitic drug. It's usually a chewable tablet. Take drug as directed. If your doctor wants you to take it differently from the instructions, follow your doctor's advice rather than the instructions.
5. Cross your fingers, but not your toes.
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