🐍 Parasitology challenge. An egg 50 micrometers long was found in stool. Can you identify the finding?
❗ Hint. Up to 800 million people worldwide are infected (according to WHO data). It is especially common where there is no sanitation and human feces are used as fertilizer (soil fecalization).
⚕ Clinical picture In case of light invasion: asymptomatic or mild discomfort. In case of severe invasion (in children):
- abdominal pain, anemia
- chronic diarrhea, weight loss
- in severe form — rectal prolapse
In children, growth delays and cognitive impairments are possible.
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