Overview. Human hookworm infection is a soil-transmitted helminthiasis caused by the nematode parasites Necator americanus (N. americanus) and Ancylostoma duodenale (A. duodenale).Mild infections with hookworm cause mild diarrhea and abdominal pain.ron deficiency signs will be found in a host with a high load of hookworms and include fatigue, poor concentration, and shortness of breath. Increased maternal and neonatal mortality has been found to be associated with hookworm iron-deficiency anemia. Diagnosis. In general, hookworm is clinically diagnosed.
Definition [edit]. Hypoxemia refers to low oxygen in the blood, and the more general term hypoxia is an abnormally low oxygen content in any tissue or organ, or the body as a whole.Hypoxemia can cause hypoxia (hypoxemic hypoxia), but hypoxia can also occur via other mechanisms, such as anemia.ypoxemia (or hypoxaemia in British English) is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.
Healthy people usually have a blood oxygen level above 95 percent. Added oxygen may be needed for people whose oxygen level falls below 90 percent and home oxygen therapy may be recommended to regain normal levels.When oxygen saturation drops below 80 percent, severe hypoxemia occurs.n order to live, every cell in your body needs oxygen to properly function. Oxygen is a critical nutrient and the body can die within six minutes without it. Any level below 88 percent is dangerous and incapacitating to your body.