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Whipworm infection in majority of people causes no clinical symptoms, but a severe infection can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss, and anemia. | Whipworm infection in majority of people causes no clinical symptoms, but a severe infection can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss, and anemia.<ref name="pmid16830393">{{cite journal| author=Tokmak N, Koc Z, Ulusan S, Koltas IS, Bal N| title=Computed tomographic findings of trichuriasis. | journal=World J Gastroenterol | year= 2006 | volume= 12 | issue= 26 | pages= 4270-2 | pmid=16830393 | doi= | pmc=4087392 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16830393 }} </ref> | ||
===Prognosis=== | ===Prognosis=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Natural History, Prognosis and Complications
Natural History
Whipworm infection in majority of people causes no clinical symptoms, but a severe infection can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss, and anemia.[1]