3-year-old boy with severe abdominal pain, 3 bowls worth of roundworms...How?
Apr 14, 2025
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According to a study recently published in the international journal 『Journal of Medical Case Reports』, a 3-year-old boy was brought to the emergency room of the Indonesian hospital with abdominal pain and abdominal bloating.
The boy also had symptoms of diarrhea and fever a week before his visit to the hospital.
The boy diagnosed with urinary tract infection at the primary clinic became more severe, and his parents brought him to the hospital's emergency room.
As a result of the test, there was also anemia and the white blood cell level was excessively high.
On the first day of hospitalization, the boy began to vomit parasites, and doctors determined that it was a parasitic infection caused by large roundworms (Ascariosis)'.
This roundworm is the most common parasite parasitic on humans, with a male body length of 150 to 250 mm. Females are 200 to 400 mm. It is common in the small intestine, and can also cause severe abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Abdominal x-rays revealed excessive gas in the boy's gastrointestinal tract, which was believed to have blocked the intestine.
The doctors who performed the abdominal incision found three sites with intestinal obstruction from the center of the small intestine to the end.
The roundworm was then removed by squeezing the last part of the small intestine by hand, with the amount reaching three bowls.
The boy was treated with intravenous injections, antibiotics, and parasitic drugs and was discharged 7 days after surgery.
Researchers at Budidi General Hospital "Circulopathy occurs frequently in contaminated areas due to neglect of personal hygiene"It occurs when humans come into contact with soil mixed with human or pig excrement or consume contaminated food and beverages."
According to the study, the boy had previously lived in Bali and played with his friends in the river almost every day without shoes.
After moving to Jember, the boy would follow his grandparents to pick up trash from the landfill.
It was also found that the mother usually fed the boy with her bare hands and drank unboiled water.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
