Hookwarms Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Management #Hookworms #fblifestyle #icu_ireland #indiannurses #registerednurse #icunurse #nursing #canadiannurses #USNurses | Nurses Note

🪱 Parasites, particularly intestinal helminths like hookworms, cause iron-deficiency anemia by inducing chronic blood loss, consuming host nutrients, and causing inflammation. They also release anti-coagulants (blood thinners) to ensure continued blood flow, worsening iron loss. Other types of parasites also feed on host tissue and blood, leading to deficiencies in iron and protein. 🩸Intestinal parasitic infections are significantly associated with a 2.84 times higher risk of having anemia. Th