Ascariasis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2022年5月17日 · Ascariasis (as-kuh-RIE-uh-sis) is a type of roundworm infection. These worms are parasites that use your body as a host to mature from larvae or eggs to adult worms. Adult worms, which reproduce, can be more than a foot (30 centimeters) long. Ascariasis worms are typically pink or white with tapered ends.
Ascariasis: Symptoms, Causes & Transmission, Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
网页Ascariasis is a parasitic infection of your intestines. It happens through hand-to-mouth contact with the eggs of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. Ascariasis symptoms include stomach pain and occasional diarrhea. Providers treat ascariasis with antiparasitic medications that kill adult worms.
CDC - DPDx - Ascariasis - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
网页Ascariasis is the most common human helminthic infection globally. The burden is highest in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in areas with inadequate sanitation. This infection is generally rare to absent in developed countries, but sporadic cases may occur in rural, impoverished regions of those countries.
Ascariasis - UpToDate
网页2024年5月23日 · INTRODUCTION. Ascaris lumbricoides is the largest intestinal nematode (roundworm) parasitizing the human intestine and is one of the most common helminthic human infections worldwide [1,2]. Ascaris suum is a roundworm intestinal parasite of pigs and can also cause human infection [3,4].
About Ascariasis | Soil-Transmitted Helminths | CDC
网页2024年6月13日 · The human roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, sometimes just called Ascaris or ascariasis, is a parasitic worm that infects an estimated 772–892 million people globally. Ascaris, along with whipworm and hookworm, is a soil-transmitted helminth (STH).
Ascariasis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - Healthline
网页2019年4月17日 · Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, which is a species of roundworm. Roundworms are a type of parasitic worm. Infections caused by roundworms are...
Ascariasis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
网页2023年7月17日 · Ascaris lumbricoides, the causative agent of ascariasis, is the most common parasitic worm in humans. Ascariasis can be asymptomatic, causing only malnutrition and growth retardation, or it may present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and diarrhea.
Ascariasis - Ascariasis - MSD Manual Professional Edition
网页Ascariasis, the most common intestinal helminth infection in the world, occurs worldwide but is concentrated in tropical and subtropical areas with poor sanitation. Prevalence is highest in children aged 2 to 10 years and decreases in older age groups.
Ascariasis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice
网页2023年7月4日 · Definition. Ascaris lumbricoides, a fleshy, cylindrical roundworm, is the largest nematode to colonise the human gut. Adult male and female worms live for about a year, during which time a single female can produce up to 240,000 eggs per day.
Ascariasis - Wikipedia
网页Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. [1] Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. [1] Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever in the beginning of the disease. [1]
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