Understanding Giant Kidney Worm
By MC Raflesia The kidney worm is deemed as one of the largest of the parasitic roundworms. It is blood-red in color. Kidney worms typically take place in the kidneys and more often in the right organ than in the left. The attendance of the worms in the kidney causes the damage of the functional tissue of the organ, leaving just a greatly swollen and thickened kidney capsule containing worms, fluid and a speculated, bony plate. Actually the kidney becomes a hollow sac. To recompense for the loss of one functioning kidney the other kidney expands to approximately twice its normal size. The kidney worm is one of the most harmful parasites. The mature kidney worm is roughly 1 inch long and can be discovered in or surrounding the kidney or along the tubes leading from the kidney to the bladder. The adult female generates eggs that are surpassed by way of the urine. Swine are infected by intake of the eggs. The young larvae will move around into the liver and bring about