May 17, 2022 · Ascariasis (as-kuh-RIE-uh-sis) is a type of roundworm infection. These worms are parasites that use your body as a host to mature from larvae or eggs to adult worms. Adult worms, which reproduce, can be more than a foot (30 centimeters) long. Ascariasis worms are typically pink or white with tapered ends.

Jul 12, 2024 · Ascariasis is a parasitic infection of your intestines. It happens through hand-to-mouth contact with the eggs of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. Ascariasis symptoms include stomach pain and occasional diarrhea. Providers treat ascariasis with antiparasitic medications that kill adult worms.

Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. [1] Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. [1] Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever at the beginning of the disease. [1]

Ascariasis is the most common human helminthic infection globally. The burden is highest in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in areas with inadequate sanitation. This infection is generally rare to absent in developed countries, but sporadic cases may occur in rural, impoverished regions of those countries.

Jun 13, 2024 · The human roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, sometimes just called Ascaris or ascariasis, is a parasitic worm that infects an estimated 772–892 million people globally. Ascaris , along with whipworm and hookworm, is a soil-transmitted helminth (STH).

Jul 17, 2023 · Ascaris lumbricoides, the causative agent of ascariasis, is the most common parasitic worm in humans. Ascariasis can be asymptomatic, causing only malnutrition and growth retardation, or it may present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and diarrhea.

Apr 17, 2019 · Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, which is a species of roundworm. Roundworms are a type of parasitic worm. Infections caused by roundworms are...

May 17, 2022 · To diagnose ascariasis, your doctor will examine your stool for the tiny (microscopic) eggs and larvae. But eggs won't appear in stool until at least 40 days after you're infected. And if you're infected with only male worms, you won't have eggs.

May 23, 2024 · Ascaris lumbricoides is the largest intestinal nematode (roundworm) parasitizing the human intestine and is one of the most common helminthic human infections worldwide [1,2]. Ascaris suum is a roundworm intestinal parasite of pigs and can also cause human infection [3,4]. Genetically, A. lumbricoides and A. suum are very closely related [5-9].

Oct 10, 2024 · Ascariasis is a kind of roundworm infection you get in your intestines. You get it when you come into contact with the worm’s eggs in contaminated food, soil, or water. You can't get it from...