Ascariasis What is Ascariasis? Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases‚ especially if the number of worms is small. Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever in the beginning of the disease. These may be followed by symptoms of abdominal swelling‚ abdominal pain and diarrhea. Children are most commonly affected‚ and in this age group the infection
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Ascariasis is the infection of Ascaris lumbricoides. Ascaris lumbricoides is the human form of the parasite‚ while ascaris suum is the pig form. Ascaris lumbricoides are the most common worm infection found in humans‚ this is because with 200‚000 eggs that are being made and excreted each day‚ that the chances of infection are exponential. Ascariasis is also known as the Giant roundworm. The Giant roundworm can grow up to 35 cm or 13.7795 inches. This worm may not seem very harmful but the cycle
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Incidence of Ascariasis among children and its corresponding treatment What is : What is the reason behind acquiring Ascariasis mostly in children. What should be: Corresponding medication of Ascariasis Discrepancy: 1. Soil Transmission through playing outside. 2. Ingestion of uncooked food. 3. Improper waste disposal. 4. Contaminated soil by human feces. Review of Related Literature It focuses on the incidence of ascariasis among children which consist of the disease
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the Philippines stated in one of their articles that the Philippines is endemic of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH)‚ also known as intestinal worm infections are the diseases that are most common among school-age children (wrpo.who.int‚ 2016). Ascariasis refers to the infection with Ascaris lumbricoides‚ which is particularly common in children. The pathology
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------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVES I. Objectives Within our 3 weeks clinical exposure at San Pedro Hospital at St. Luke’s Ward‚ we‚ the proponents of San Pedro College‚ BSN 3E‚ group3‚ subgroup2‚ will be able to present a comprehensive nursing case analysis regarding the case of our patient who have a Bronchopneumonia in which we can gain more knowledge to understand further our clients condition. In order to achieve the general objective stipulated above‚ this
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Four major types of parasites: * Helminthes * Nematodes * Round worms * Cylindrical * Blood‚ tissue and intestinal * Trematodes * Flukes * Leaf-like worms * Flat worms * Cestodes * Flat or tapeworms * Segmented * Protozoans (non-helminthes) * Imaginary parasites * Malarial parasites * Miscellaneous parasites * Immuno-compromised parasites 3 Stages of eggs:
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Disease : Causes And Control DHRUMIN.J.MEHTA IX DAISIES INTRODUCTION Disease is a condition in which the normal functioninig of the body is disturbed. Many times such conditions may not be very serious and can be cured but some times these conditoins are serious and even fatal. There are many ways disease can be spread like:- * BACTERIA * VIRUS * PARASITIC WORMS * PROTOZOA
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. Soil – transmitted helminths Soil–transmitted helminths (STHs) are included in the list of the world’s neglected tropical diseases (Molyneux et al.‚ 2005). STHs are major public health problem especially in the developing nations. The species of soil-transmitted helminths that infect humans are concentrated in the developing world‚ and these include the large roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides‚ the whipworm Trichuris trichiura‚ and the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale
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10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1177 Judith Angelitta Noronha et al NURSING PRACTICE Anemia in Pregnancy—Consequences and Challenges: A Review of Literature Judith Angelitta Noronha‚ Esra Al Khasawneh‚ Vidya Seshan‚ Shanthi Ramasubramaniam‚ Savithri Raman ABSTRACT Anemia during pregnancy is a global public health challenge facing the world today‚ especially in the developing countries. Anemia in pregnancy is an important contributor to maternal mortality/morbidity as well as to the low
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by pathogens originating from excreta. These include typhoid‚ intestinal parasites‚ and most of the enteric and diarrheal diseases caused by bacteria‚ parasites‚ and viruses. Among the most serious parasitic diseases are amoebiasis‚ giardiasis‚ ascariasis‚ and hookworm. Also‚ ways of conserving water such as collecting rain water and using it in watering the garden and washing the car were neglected. These could have lower the demands of water supplies used in cleaning and irrigation purposes.
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