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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 at the beginning of the disease. [ 1 ]
Löffler's syndrome is a disease in which eosinophils accumulate in the lung in response to a parasitic infection. The parasite can be Ascaris, Strongyloides stercoralis, or Dirofilaria immitis [1] which can enter the body through contact with the soil. [2]
Ascaricides are drugs to treat ascariasis that is caused by infections with parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Ascaris (giant intestinal roundworms).The large roundworm of pigs (Ascaris suum) typically infects pigs while Ascaris lumbricoides affects human populations, typically in sub-tropical and tropical areas with poor sanitation.
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris. It is the most common parasitic worm in humans. [1] An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides worldwide. [2] People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater risk of infection.
Over 270 million preschool-age children and over 600 million school-age children live in areas where these parasites are intensively transmitted, and need treatment and preventive interventions. Latest estimates indicate that more than 880 million children need treatment from STH infections. [3] [18] [33] By type of parasitic worm, the ...
A. lumbricoides was originally called Lumbricus teres and was first described in detail by Edward Tyson in 1683. [8] The genus Ascaris was originally described as the genus for Ascaris lumbricoides by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [9] The morphologically similar Ascaris suum was described from pigs by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1782. [9]
Ascaris infection: Antimesenteric splitting of the outer layers of the bowel wall due to a large amount of ascaris (South Africa) The signs and symptoms of helminthiasis depend on a number of factors including: the site of the infestation within the body; the type of worm involved; the number of worms and their volume; the type of damage the ...
When eosinophilic pneumonia is related to an illness such as cancer or parasitic infection, treatment of the underlying cause is effective in resolving the lung disease. When due to acute or chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, however, treatment with corticosteroids results in a rapid, dramatic resolution of symptoms over the course of one or two days.