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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
The patient can present with the following signs and symptoms:<ref name="Principles and Practice">Durand, Marlene (2015). "Chapter 288:Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms)". Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Updated Edition, Eighth Edition. Elsevier. pp. 3199–3207. ISBN 978-1-4557-4801-3.</ref> | |||
* It is often asymptomatic | |||
* Pulmonary symptoms from immune-mediated hypersensitivity response can occur in the 2nd week after egg ingestion, and these symptoms can include: | |||
# A low-grade fever | |||
# A non-productive cough | |||
# Chest discomfort | |||
# Dyspnea in severe cases | |||
# Eosinophilic pneumonia(Loeffler's syndrome)in severe cases- This can present with dyspnea and wheezing | |||
* Mild abdominal discomfort | |||
* Dyspepsia | |||
* Loss of appetite | |||
* Nausea | |||
* Poor growth and malnutrition may occur in children | |||
* Mechanical obstruction by the worm can result in signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction, bile and pancreatic duct obstruction, and appendicitis | |||
* Signs and symptoms of a complicated mechanical obstruction can occur such as perforation, intussusception, volvulus. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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Overview
History and Symptoms
The patient can present with the following signs and symptoms:[1]
- It is often asymptomatic
- Pulmonary symptoms from immune-mediated hypersensitivity response can occur in the 2nd week after egg ingestion, and these symptoms can include:
- A low-grade fever
- A non-productive cough
- Chest discomfort
- Dyspnea in severe cases
- Eosinophilic pneumonia(Loeffler's syndrome)in severe cases- This can present with dyspnea and wheezing
- Mild abdominal discomfort
- Dyspepsia
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Poor growth and malnutrition may occur in children
- Mechanical obstruction by the worm can result in signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction, bile and pancreatic duct obstruction, and appendicitis
- Signs and symptoms of a complicated mechanical obstruction can occur such as perforation, intussusception, volvulus.
References
- ↑ Durand, Marlene (2015). "Chapter 288:Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms)". Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Updated Edition, Eighth Edition. Elsevier. pp. 3199–3207. ISBN 978-1-4557-4801-3.