Hello everyone,

 

When hookworm lives in your intestine and sucks your blood, what causes the main blood loss? Does the damaged blood vessels leak into the intestine and get excreted or hookworm itself causes more damage? Thanks

My guess is that they bite into tissue and eventually bite into a capillary vessel, thus destroying a radius of cellular tissue and keeping a nice bite onto the vessel as the blood slowly seeps into their mouth, which is later then digested by them.

 

The blood loss is caused by the hookworm, of course. If any large amount of blood loss occurs (blood that won't be digested by the hookworm), I'm guessing it occurs during the point of establishment and/or the point of disengagement.

 

Ok Thanks