Dr. Peter Hotez

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328 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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It's not like when you go for blood work, you get the lab slip from Quest Diagnostics and it's got all the boxes to check.

But a lot of physicians also just don't bother because it's a lot of extra work and to keep track and you have to follow it.

So these diseases often get undiagnosed.

Oh, yeah.

Sure.

I haven't seen him in years.

Yeah.

No, absolutely.

Because... Well, one of the things we're trying to do is train physicians how to diagnose these illnesses and treat them.

So we've created this diploma in tropical medicine, as I say, which is online.

And sometimes it's testing sputum even.

So it really depends on the individual.

I think toxic hair as a worm is probably the most common element in the United States.

And it presents with eosinophilia often.

Well, it's in the lungs also, but you typically would diagnose this by seeing a blood eosinophilia.

By what number?

Well, if you have an elevated white count and a significant percentage.

Also, in terms of the symptoms, so if someone gets into the lungs, it causes wheezing and asthma-like symptoms.

But sometimes it can be very subtle.

There's something called covert toxic choriasis, where it can present with developmental delays.

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