The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 27, 1912, Page TWO, Image 2
HOOKWORM DISEASE.
What It Is and How Caused, as
Told by Those Who Know.
^ This disease is caused by a small
worm which lives in the small intestine
or bowel.
The worm when full grown is
about half an inch in length and as
big around as a pin. It is of a dirty
white color.
These worms lay eggs, which are
too small to be seen bv the naked
eye. Under the microscope they
may be seen. Each female worm
nov low a tknuson^ oortra in ft HflV
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They do not hatch in the bowel.
These eggs pass out with the bowel
movement and get on the ground.
Here, in a week or two, one worm
hatches out of each egg. In hot
weather the worm may hatch out in
one day. These young hookworms
are called embryos. These little
worms live in the dirt and grow for
two or three days, then they shed
their skin and grow for a few days
more. They get ready to cast their
skin again and in this stage they are
called encysted embryos. Under the
microscope they appear to be in a
capsule. They are too small to be
seen by the naked eye. In places
where no privies are used or where
no buckets are used to catch the excreta
or bowel movements the
ground is alive with these little
worms. They cannot be seen but
they are there nevertheless. They
can be felt. Let any barefooted person
walk on soil which is polluted,
that is, contains bodily discharges,
and in a few minutes there is a
stinging sensation on the feet.
Later, this gets worse and in a few
hours' time the skin between the
toes and on top of the foot is red and
swollen. The itching is intense and
the desire to scratch is irresistible.
In other words,the little worms have
burrowed through the skin and
caused what we call ground itch, toe
itch or dew poison. Ground itch occurs
more often in rainy weather or
after heavy dews. This is because
the rain washes the excreta and the
young worms a considerable distance
from the privy or other places where
the body waste is deposited. If these
discharges do not get an the ground
there will be no ground itch and no
hookworm disease. For this reason
we never have hookworm disease in
cities where sewer systems are used
or in country districts where sanitary
privies are used.
Let us return to the little hookworms
too small to be seen by the
naked eye which had burrowed
through the skin and caused ground
itch. They get into the blood stream
and pass to the lungs, from the
lungs they crawl up the small air
tubes until they reach the windpipe.
We know that the upper opening of
the windpipe (larynx) is close to the
gullet (esophagus). It is easy to see,
then, how these little worms can be
coughed up from the windpipe and
swallowed. They pass through the
r stomach to the first portion of the
small bowel. Sometimes they are
found in all parts of the bowel. It
takes the worms two months or
more to travel from the skin to the
bowel. They cause no disease while
taking the journey, but as soon as
they reach the bowel they attach
themselves by means of two pairs of
L lios to the lining of the bowel or
' mucous membrane and soon become
full grown?that is,about a half inch
long. Each worm has a small tooth,
| -which is hollow like the needle of a
hypodermic syringe. The worm
takes hold of the bowel lining,which
is pierced by this tooth. The little
worm not only damages the bowel
lining,but it also sucks blood and inrjects
a poison (toxine) into the circulation.
When it has exhausted the
blood 3Upply from one little sDot, it
turns loose and takes hold in another
place.
Although these worms are very
small,there are hundreds, sometimes
I thousands,of them in the bowel at a
I time, and this causes the patient to
? become very weak from the constant
& loss of blood and from the impaired
digestion.
W These worms, shortly after reachEg
ing the bowel, begin laying eggs,
B just as their parents did. These
H eggs do not hatch inside the body,
Eg but are expelled with the bowel
H movement and hatch out on the soil.
i The worm will live in the bowel for
i
: eight or ten years unless the patient
is treated. Every worm in the bowel
has gone through the skin. Every
time we have ground itch a little
colony of hookworms has started for
: the bowel. Boys and girls all over
the State and often men and women
also go barefooted several months in
the year and are seldom without
ground itch.
IS THE DISEASE COMMON?
I
Dubini, an Italian physician, was
the first to discover the hookworm
in man. This was in 1854. In the
mines in certain parts of Germany
the disease played such havoc among
the miners that no man with hookworm
disease was allowed to work
until the disease had been cured.
In America the first hookworm
was discovered by Dr Stiles, of the
United States Marine Hospital service,
in 1902. When Dr Stiles made
the announcement that many of the
people throughout the South living
in small towns and in the country
districts were suffering with hookworm
disease the papers treated the
matter as a joke and even the physicians
doubted that the disease was
common. Now anyone who doubts
that hookworm disease is the most
serious problem confronting the people
of the South, either has not investigated
the matter or is not open
to conviction.
WHERE THE DISEASE IS FOUND IN THE
ITWITCn CTATPS
The disease is found in all of the
Southern States. It is not found in
the northern part of the United
States because of the cold climate.
As a rule, the disease is more common
on sandy soil. In our State the
heaviest infection is in the lower
counties, and it grows lighter as we
go toward the northwestern part of
the State.
As yet we have not been able to
estimate the number of cases of
hookworm disease in the State, but
we do know that the disease is much
more common than people think.
Last winter 10,000 school children
attending rural schools were examined
and over 20% of them had
hookworm disease. In the past few
months aoout iu.uuu cases 01 nooaworm
disease have been treated in
this State.
THE AGE LIMIT.
There is no age limit. The disease
is more common between the ages
of five and fifteen, but it occurs in
very young children and in very old
persons. As soon as children get old
enough to wear shoes all the year
and thus prevent ground itch, they
will gradually recover from the disease
unless they are severely infected.
It will be noticed that babies in
the country are usually healthy.
When they become large enough to
run about and catch ground itch,
they become pale and "puny" looking.
They are pale or sallow and
have indigestion and other disturbances.
HOW THE DISEASE AFFECTS A PERSON
The symptoms of the disease vary
greatly. It may be so severe that
we can make a diagnosis by glancing
at the patient, or it may be so mild
that the person appears healthy in
pvprv wnv In thpsp cases we must
use the microscope to make a diagnosis.
A small portion of the bowel
movement is placed under the microscope.
If the person has hookworm
disease the eggs of the worm
can be seen. The eggs of the round
worm, the tape worm and other intestinal
parasites can also be found.
In a severe case of hookworm disease
the child is usually small for
his age. The face is often wrinkled,
and appears too old for the body.
There is a troubled or drawn expression
about the mouth. The skin
is usually yellow. It may have a
deathly pallor or a waxy look. The
patient complains of "shortness of
breath",of pain in the stomach, or a
heavy feeling as though he were
carrying a weight in the stomach.
He suffers from indigestion and
"heart burn". Headache is common.
The appetite is variable; at times
the patient eats a great deal and
again cares for nothing. Oftentimes
he will have a fancy for clay, sand,
chalk, soot and sawdust. We used
to think that dirt eating caused
hookworm disease. We had the cart
before the horse. The disease causes
iCburcbP
I Botes 1
The public is cordially invited
to attend any of the services of the
various churches of Kin^stree.
Baptist Church.
Rev W E Hurt, Pastor.
Services every Sunday morning at
11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m.
Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at
7:30 p. nr..
Episcopal Church,
Rev Dr Robert Wilson, Rector.
Every second and fourth Sunday,
morning prayer, sermon and holy
communion at 11 a, m.
Methodist Church.
Rev W A Fairy, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Sunday-school at 4:30 p. m.
Epworth League meets every Tuesday
night at 8:00 o'clock,
i Mid-week prayer meeting every
; Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev P S McChesney, Pastor.
1 Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.
m. and 8:30 p m. Sunday-sch 1,
4 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8:30
p. m.
the craving for these things and the
patient is unable to resist. Cure the
disease and the patient has no desire
for these things. Recently a physician
engaged in the hookworm work
was told by a well educated and
highly cultured lady who had hookworm
disease that when the craving
to eat sand came on, she would try
to get it if she knew that she would
be shot for doing so.
ni? .ki? nn??QAn nnfK KaaIt,
A lie aivill SjX lllC pgiovu nivu Iivvi%worm
disease is unusually dry and
harsh. The hair of the head is dry
and that on other parts of the body
very scant.
(To be Continued.)
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and you can get a free trial bottle or
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Governor Burke of North Dakota
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who found him on the streets of
New York.
When your child has whooping
cough be careful to keep the cough
loose and expectoration easy by giving
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as
may be required. This remedy will
also liquify the tough mucus and
make it easier to expectorate, it
has been used successfully in many
epidemics and is safe and sure. For
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You owe it to yourself, your family and
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If you have strong, ready muscles
?rich, heathy blood and a clear brain, you
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those you love.
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of the aches and pains you see every day
are caused directly by a lazy, torpid, overworked
liver, and all of that may be absolutely
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