Roundworm infection (Ascariasis)
Ascariasis
The medical name for roundworm is ascariasis. It is an infection of the intestinal tract caused by a worm called ascaris. When this worm lives in your bowels, it lays eggs there. The eggs are passed out of your body through your stool. You may become infected by eating or drinking things with the eggs in them. This may happen by: Putting dirty fingers or hands in your mouth. Eating dirty raw fruits and vegetables Drinking dirty water
Name
Roundworm
About this topic
The medical name for roundworm is ascariasis. It is an infection of the intestinal tract caused by a worm called ascaris. When this worm lives in your bowels, it lays eggs there. The eggs are passed out of your body through your stool. You may become infected by eating or drinking things with the eggs in them. This may happen by: Putting dirty fingers or hands in your mouth. Eating dirty raw fruits and vegetables Drinking dirty water
What problems could happen?
Not able to get good nutrition,Blocks in the bowels or bile ducts
Body systems
Emergency Medicine,Gastrointestinal
What are other common names?
Ascaris lumbricoides Infections,Ascariasis Infections,Ascaris,Hookworm Disease,Hookworms,Intestinal Roundworms,Nematodes,Pinworm Infections,Pinworms,Roundworm Infections,Roundworms,Soil-Transmitted Helminth,Strongyloidiasis,Trichinosis,Whipworms
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