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Download : Download full-size image Figure 1. These lesions are most often observed on the lateral surfaces of the fingers, palmar regions, hands, wrists, and feet. Horsehair worms may be found inside homes in toilets causing people to be concerned that it is a human parasite. These are cutaneous diseases caused by insects, worms, protozoa, or coelenterates which may or may not have a parasitic life.They are especially noticeable after a rainfall.Horsehair worms are often seen in puddles and other pools of fresh water, swimming pools, water tanks and on plants.When the horsehair worm is mature and near water or damp soil, it emerges from its host.When they infect their host, horsehair worms store up fats and food reserves.It is not clear how immature horsehair worms infect hosts.These worms can grow up to 90 cm long and can be extremely dangerous for their host, especially the praying mantis. Horsehair worms are obligate parasites that pass through different hosts at various stages.

Once they hatch, immature horsehair worms try to infect a host.Eggs are laid in a long, gelatinous string in fresh water. PDF We report here a specimen of the horsehair worm (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) Spinochordodes bacescui (Cpue, 1965) found in a patients urine.It is common to see a number of worms to be intertwined, forming a loose ball during mating.Males coil around females in pools of fresh water or damp soil.Horsehair worms mate during spring, early summer or fall.