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8. Bloody stool

In severe cases of hookworm disease, an infected person may experience bloody stool or diarrhea. In one case study, a 33-year-old—otherwise healthy—man who had traveled to Myanmar from France in 2014, returned with a whole host of symptoms including vomiting, dyspnea, bloody diarrhea, and weight loss. He had been infected with a hookworm after sitting in a public park in Yangon.

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