What are the symptoms of internal parasite infection?
1. Symptoms of roundworm infection (toxocariasis): Ocular larva migrans- an eye disease that occurs when a roundworm enters the eye. A scar on the retina may occur. Each year more than 700 people are infected with a toxcara and experience a loss in vision. • Visceral larva migrans- while rare, this disease causes swelling of the body’s organs and central nervous system. Symptoms of this include fever, coughing, asthma and pneumonia. 2. Symptoms of hookworm infection: • Cutaneous (skin) larva migrans- this occurs when a hookworm moves within the skin, from here it can penetrate into deeper tissue and cause damage to the intestine and other organs. 3. General Symptoms of hook and roundworms:\ • Stomachache • Pneumonia • Skin rashes • Blindness 4. Tapeworms Tapeworms are contracted to both humans and animals differently than other parasites; humans and pets become infected with tapeworms by fleas. In order for a flea to pass tapeworms to people and animals, the flea must accidentally be s
