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آسکاریازیس

Also known as Ascariasis - roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection

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Medical condition.caption: High number of ascaris worms – visible as black tangled mass – are filling the duodenum, the first portion of the bowel after the stomach, of this South African patient (X-ray image with barium as contrast medium).
Medical condition.field: Infectious disease
Medical condition.symptoms: Abdominal swelling, abdominal pain, diarrhea, shortness of breath
Medical condition.causes: Ingestion of Ascaris eggs
Medical condition.prevention: Improved sanitation, handwashing
Medical condition.medication: Albendazole, mebendazole, levamisole, pyrantel pamoate
Medical condition.frequency: 762 million (2015)
Medical condition.deaths: 2,700 (2015)
Medical condition.name: Ascariasis
Medical condition.image: Ascaris infection in X-ray image- Duedenal worms - in the first portion of the bowel after the stomach (South Africa) (16238958958).jpg