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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopy Endoscopy] <br>A standard upper endoscopy (via the mouth) will not reach past the duodenum, and probably only as far as the second of the four parts of this section of the small intestine. It would therefore not harm hookworms or even allow a doctor to see the jejunum, which is the predominant location of hookworms by 20 weeks post-inoculation, shown in red in this representation.<br><br><span style="width:auto; background-color:#F5FAFF;border: 1px solid #CEDFF2; padding:12px;"> mouth ➤ oesophagus ➤ stomach ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenum duodenum] ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejunum <span style="color:red;">jej</span>unum] ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileum ileum] ➤ colon ➤ rectum ➤ </span><br><br>See also the anaesthesia section (anaesthesia for endoscopy). | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopy Endoscopy] <br>A standard upper endoscopy (via the mouth) will not reach past the duodenum, and probably only as far as the second of the four parts of this section of the small intestine. It would therefore not harm hookworms or even allow a doctor to see the jejunum, which is the predominant location of hookworms by 20 weeks post-inoculation, shown in red in this representation.<br><br><span style="width:auto; background-color:#F5FAFF;border: 1px solid #CEDFF2; padding:12px;"> mouth ➤ oesophagus ➤ stomach ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenum duodenum] ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejunum <span style="color:red;">jej</span>unum] ➤ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileum ileum] ➤ colon ➤ rectum ➤ </span><br><br>See also the anaesthesia section (anaesthesia for endoscopy). | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging Magnetic resonance imaging] An MRI is unlikely to harm helminths, but it can cause a temporary adverse reaction in the patient which may overshadow the benefits being provided by their helminths. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1296754897047129/] | |||
* ❌[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy Radiation therapy] (also known as radiotherapy, and abbreviated as RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment for cancer that used ionizing radiation. It had been thought unlikely that this would harm helminths [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1074039122652042/?comment_id=1074160752639879&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] but one hookworm host appears to have lost her colony after radiotherapy for breast cancer. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1074039122652042/?comment_id=1240655962657023&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] | * ❌[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy Radiation therapy] (also known as radiotherapy, and abbreviated as RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment for cancer that used ionizing radiation. It had been thought unlikely that this would harm helminths [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1074039122652042/?comment_id=1074160752639879&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] but one hookworm host appears to have lost her colony after radiotherapy for breast cancer. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1074039122652042/?comment_id=1240655962657023&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] | ||