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Ascaris worms
A common infection of the small intestine caused by a type of parasitic roundworms (ascaris lumbricoides).
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | |||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common |
Symptoms
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A 30-year old female asked:
Do ascaris worms live on every surface?
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A 16-year old male asked:
How to treat ascaris lumbes?
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A 16-year old male asked:
How do ascaris lumbes. Come out of body?
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What should I do to take care of ascaris?
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A 23-year old female asked:
How do people get ascaris most commonly? Would I have to have been abroad?
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A 24-year old female asked:
How common are ascaris lumbricodes in the us? I travelled to singapore recently
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A 27-year old male asked:
Can fresh milk help prevent ascaris limbrocuides?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What are the cause of ascaris? What are the treatment of ascaris?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can ascaris large roundworm partially come out of anus and crawl back in? How likely is this?
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A 57-year old male asked:
I have taken zentel 400 for 10 days for ascaris. I finished 4 days ago but symptoms still prevail. Any reason for this?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can you get ascaris from undercooked chicken? How is ascaris caught?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Ill take already mebendazole for ascaris lumbricoides but I have yet roundworm..
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A 17-year old male asked:
Ascaris lumbs have been present frequently in my stool test.I had albendazole and it got absent last month. But they have been found again.What to do?
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A 32-year old asked:
Ascariasis is what?
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A 31-year old asked:
I think I may have ascariasis roundworms what do I do now?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does ascariasis usually have many symptoms?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What medications cure ascariasis? And can you get any of them over the counter?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Recently completed medication for roundworm (ascariasis), when should we do tests to see the results of outcome by medication?
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A 32-year old male asked:
My mom had lap chole with CBD exploration due to biliary ascariasis.T-tube output reaches up to 900ml/day, is this normal? She is now two weeks postop
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A 66-year old female asked:
My nose is blocked and making squeaking noises all on its own. Is that from worms? Its weird. Its never happened before. My sinus on one side is very blocked. Im concerned?
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A 33-year old asked:
What are the signs of worms inside me?
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A 34-year old asked:
How to tell if you have worms? What are the signs?
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A 16-year old male asked:
What kind of worm is a. Clumbes? How can it be treated?
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A 18-year old asked:
Does everyone have a sertain kind of worm or should they not be there?
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A 30-year old asked:
What to do 4 ring worm?
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A 54-year old female asked about a 18-year old female:
What is red worms in humans?
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A 44-year old asked:
How possible is it I have worms?
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A 28-year old asked:
What should you do for ring worm?
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A 40-year old asked:
How would i know if I have worms?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Deworming medecine for all worms?
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