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.

2024年7月12日 · 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.

Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms". [1] . One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs.

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.

2024年6月13日 · Ascaris is the most common worm parasite found in humans. It lives in people's small intestine. This parasite spreads through contaminated soil (soil that contains the parasite). Ascaris infection is treatable with medication. Ascaris infection is sometimes called ascariasis.

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] .

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.

2023年7月17日 · Ascariasis can be asymptomatic, causing only malnutrition and growth retardation, or it may present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and diarrhea. This activity outlines the evaluation and treatment of ascariasis and explains the role of the interprofessional team in managing patients with this condition. Objectives:

2022年5月17日 · To diagnose ascariasis, your doctor will examine your stool for the tiny (microscopic) eggs and larvae. But eggs won't appear in stool until at least 40 days after you're infected. And if you're infected with only male worms, you won't have eggs.

Ascariasis is one of the tropical diseases caused by the parasite Ascaris lumbricoides, a large nematode (roundworm) that infects humans in the gastrointestinal tract and requires human infection to complete its complex life cycle.