钩虫病是由于十二指肠钩虫和美洲钩虫寄生在小肠引起的寄生虫病。祖国医学称为“黄肿”、“黄病”;民间称为“桑叶黄”、“黄胖病”等。解放前,钩虫病在我国广大农村和矿山严重地危害劳动人民的健康。解放后,由于党中央和毛主席的英明领导,深入开展了爱国卫生运动,采取了积极的防治措施,目前钩虫病人和感染人数已大大减少。现将钩虫病的临床表现、诊断和治疗概述如下: Hookworms are due to parasitic diseases caused by parasitic hookworms and hookworms in the small intestine. Motherland medicine called “yellow swelling”, “yellow disease”; civil called “mulberry yellow”, “yellow fat disease” and so on. Before the liberation, hookworm disease seriously affected the health of working people in vast rural areas and mines in our country. After the liberation, due to the wise leadership of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao, the Patriotic Health Campaign was carried out in depth and adopted active prevention and control measures. At present, the number of hookworm patients and infections has been greatly reduced. Now the clinical manifestations of hookworm disease, diagnosis and treatment are summarized as follows: