Adult worms lay eggs in rats' lungs. The eggs are hatched, coughed into the rat’s throat, and swallowed through the digestive tract, where they end up in poop. Reading time 3 minutes A parasitic brain ...

If your child wakes up scratching their bottom at night, pay close attention - that persistent nighttime itching is the most common sign of pinworms. This itch, often worse after bedtime, can mean ...

If the worms lay eggs in a woman's genital areas, including the vagina and cervix, they can cause lesions which make women more vulnerable to HIV, experts in the tropical disease said. A parasitic ...

Pharmacists can recommend treatments to rid your family of the parasite but children could still be vulnerable ...