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Patients with ancylostomiasis with iron deficiency anemia or a history of blood loss usually appear:<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> | Patients with ancylostomiasis with iron deficiency anemia or a history of blood loss usually appear:<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> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Overview
Physical examination include: Pallor, fatigue, Dizziness, serpiginous, erythematous, and palpable plaque associated with edema, abdominal distension.
Physical examination
Physical examination of patients with ancylostomiasis is usually remarkable for:[1]
- cough, sneezing, bronchitis, hemoptysis, and eosinophilic pneumonia during pulmonary stage called loeffler syndrome
- nausea, vomiting, pharyngeal irritation, cough, and dyspnea might occur With peroral infection called Wakana syndrome.
Appearance of the Patient
Patients with ancylostomiasis with iron deficiency anemia or a history of blood loss usually appear:[2]
Vital Signs
Symptomatic patients of ancylostomiasis may present with:[2]
- Tachycardia with regular pulse
- Hypotension
- Systolic murmur
- Tachypnea
Skin
Skin examination of patients with ancylostomiasis is usually normal. But if affected by cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) then presents with: [3]
- serpiginous, erythematous, and palpable plaque associated with edema.
Abdomen
Abdominal examination of patients with ancylostomiasis is usually normal. But may present with:[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loukas A, Hotez PJ, Diemert D, Yazdanbakhsh M, McCarthy JS, Correa-Oliveira R; et al. (2016). "Hookworm infection". Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2: 16088. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.88. PMID 27929101.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Coello RD, Pazmiño BJ, Reyes EO, Rodríguez EX, Rodas EI, Rodas KA; et al. (2019). "A Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans in a Child from Vinces, Ecuador". Am J Case Rep. 20: 1402–1406. doi:10.12659/AJCR.915154. PMC 6777378 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31543509.