A teenager from California visited a dermatology clinic complaining of an unsightly rash, which was later found to be parasitic worms. The 19-year-old boy worked as a beach lifeguard in southern ...

baby worms that haven’t yet developed into adults. People often catch the infection by walking barefoot on sand or soil contaminated with dog or cat faeces, where the larvae thrive. Medics at ...

Given the boy’s beachside job and the way the rash looked, doctors diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans, a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae - baby worms that haven’t ...

baby worms that haven’t yet developed into adults. People often catch the infection by walking barefoot on sand or soil contaminated with dog or cat faeces, where the larvae thrive. Medics at ...