Ascariasis - Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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Ascariasis - Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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What is Ascariasis?

• An ascariasis is a form of roundworm infection.
  These worms are parasites that use your body as
  the host to mature from larvae or eggs to adult
  worms. Adult worms, which reproduce, could be
  more than a foot (30 centimeters) long.
• One of the most common worm infections in people
  worldwide, ascariasis is unusual in the United
  States. The majority of infected people have mild
  cases with no symptoms. But heavy infestation
  could lead to severe symptoms and complications.
• Ascariasis happens most often in children in
  tropical and subtropical regions of the world
  particularly in areas with poor sanitation and
  hygiene.

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Symptoms of Ascariasis

• Most people infected with ascariasis do not have
  signs or symptoms. Moderate to heavy infestations
  cause a variety of signs or symptoms, depending
  on which part of your body is affected.
• In the lungs
• After you swallow the tiny (microscopic)
  ascariasis eggs, they hatch into the small
  intestine and the larvae migrate through the
  bloodstream or lymphatic system into the lungs.
  At this stage, you might experience signs and
  symptoms similar to asthma or pneumonia,
  including
• Persistent cough
• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing
• After spending ten to fourteen days in the lungs,
  the larvae travel to the throat, where you cough
  them up and then swallow them.

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• Causes of Ascariasis
• Ascariasis does not spread directly from one
  person to another. Instead, a person needs to
  come into contact with soil mixed with human or
  pig feces that contain ascariasis eggs or
  infected water. In some developing countries,
  human feces are used for fertilizer, or poor
  sanitary facilities enable human waste to mix
  with soil in yards, ditches, and fields. People
  could also get it from eating uncooked pig or
  chicken liver that is infected.
• Life cycle of a worm
• Ingestion - The tiny (microscopic) ascariasis
  eggs cannot become infective without coming into
  contact with soil. People could accidentally
  ingest (swallow) contaminated soil through
  hand-to-mouth contact or by eating uncooked
  fruits or vegetables that have been grown in
  contaminated soil.
• Migration - Larvae hatch from the eggs in your
  small intestine and then go through the
  intestinal wall to travel to the heart and lungs
  through the bloodstream or lymphatic system.
  After maturing for about 10 to 14 days in your
  lungs, the larvae break into your airway and
  travel up the throat, where they are coughed up
  and swallowed.
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