Complications of ascariasis

There are a small number of intestinal roundworm infection can be asymptomatic, saying that roundworm infection, a large number of infections caused by the disease called ascariasis.

 Intestinal roundworm often cause recurrent abdominal pain in the upper abdomen or Cullen. Because the worm mechanical stimulation and secretion of toxins and metabolites can cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and heterosexual protein response, such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and urticaria. Children with severe infection, can cause malnutrition, mental anxiety, insomnia, bruxism, night terrors and so on.

 Intestinal worms are at a quiet state, but are subject to various stimuli (such as high fever, indigestion, insecticide inappropriate etc.) easy to make worms unrest and drilling, can cause serious complications, common are:

 First, the Department of Biliary Ascariasis Ascaris penetrate into the bile duct caused by expressed as a sudden occurrence Xiphoid paroxysmal pain, cramps, or drill the top may be the Ministry of radiation to the back and right shoulder and difficult to endure, very uneasy. Often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Onset of abdominal pain, only when the soft mild abdominal cramps, under the obvious limitations of Xiphoid tenderness. When the worms retreat into the small intestine after bile duct, then the symptoms suddenly disappeared. If the worms into the cystic duct or the intrahepatic bile ducts, it can cause secondary bacterial infection of acute suppurative cholecystitis, cholangitis or acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis; in-depth when the intrahepatic bile duct can produce bacterial liver abscess. When the roundworm Ascaris eggs to control long-term retention of residual bodies or common bile duct or gallbladder, they can its core, the gradual formation of gallstone.

 2, roundworm intestinal obstruction more common in children. As the number of insects are more kink into the group blocking the intestine, causing part of the intestinal obstruction. Patients have paroxysmal abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal wall soft, palpable, and the size ranging from coarse hemp rope-like cord-like blocks of matter. If not promptly treated can develop complete obstruction.

 3, other typhoid fever or a small number of gastric, duodenal ulcer patients infected with worms, the worms can be caused by perforation of lesions at intestinal wall perforation, resulting in diffuse peritonitis. Roundworms can be represented by retrograde up nose, oral discharge, or drill into the Eustachian tube causing ear tympanic membrane perforation by the external auditory canal-worming. Roundworms can occasionally reach the larynx or trachea, causing suffocation.