Strongyloidiasis — The Worm That Never Leaves

Send us Fan Mail It's been 40 years since your patient worked on a farm in rural Southeast Asia. They feel fine. You're about to start them on prednisolone. Should you pause? In this episode of Synapse Clinical, we unpack Strongyloides stercoralis — the soil-transmitted worm with a unique trick: it can complete its entire life cycle inside the human host, persisting silently for decades, then turning lethal the moment immunity drops. We cover everything a GP needs to know: who to screen and w...