H. pylori is responsible for most stomach cancers in New Zealand. Usually contracted in childhood, H. pylori infects the cells of the stomach, causing gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach lining.
They burrow into your skin, crawl up your windpipe and end up living in your small intestine. But some people are happily hosting hookworms for research into whether they might improve a raft of medical conditions.
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