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The majority of the infected patients remain asymptomatic.<ref name="pmid31622567">{{cite journal| author=Ronquillo AC, Puelles LB, Espinoza LP, Sánchez VA, Luis Pinto Valdivia J| title=Ancylostoma duodenale as a cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report. | journal=Braz J Infect Dis | year= 2019 | volume= 23 | issue= 6 | pages= 471-473 | pmid=31622567 | doi=10.1016/j.bjid.2019.09.002 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31622567 }} </ref> | |||
The most common complications include: | |||
*[[Iron deficiency anemia]] due to [[chronic blood loss]] | |||
Children with moderate and heavy intensity hookworm infections include:<ref name="pmid25821189">{{cite journal| author=Blair P, Diemert D| title=Update on prevention and treatment of intestinal helminth infections. | journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep | year= 2015 | volume= 17 | issue= 3 | pages= 465 | pmid=25821189 | doi=10.1007/s11908-015-0465-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25821189 }} </ref> | Children with moderate and heavy intensity hookworm infections include:<ref name="pmid25821189">{{cite journal| author=Blair P, Diemert D| title=Update on prevention and treatment of intestinal helminth infections. | journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep | year= 2015 | volume= 17 | issue= 3 | pages= 465 | pmid=25821189 | doi=10.1007/s11908-015-0465-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25821189 }} </ref> | ||
*[[impaired growth]] | *[[impaired growth]] | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 14 August 2021
Natural History
Complication
The majority of the infected patients remain asymptomatic.[1] The most common complications include:
Children with moderate and heavy intensity hookworm infections include:[2]
- impaired growth
- deficits in intellectual and cognitive development.
Women especially pregnant infected with hookworms include:
- severe anemia
- increased maternal morbidity and mortality
- premature birth
- neonatal anemia
- ↑ Ronquillo AC, Puelles LB, Espinoza LP, Sánchez VA, Luis Pinto Valdivia J (2019). "Ancylostoma duodenale as a cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report". Braz J Infect Dis. 23 (6): 471–473. doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2019.09.002. PMID 31622567.
- ↑ Blair P, Diemert D (2015). "Update on prevention and treatment of intestinal helminth infections". Curr Infect Dis Rep. 17 (3): 465. doi:10.1007/s11908-015-0465-x. PMID 25821189.