Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ...

Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ... Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ...

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Case 1 A 4 year old girl with hx of asthma presents to your local rural hospital in Paraguay with abdominal pain and distension. She has vomited everything she has eaten and has not passed stool in 4 days. Today her belly feels firm, and she is acting ill.

Ascaris lumbricoides • Ingest eggs • Larvae invade intestines • Lung • GI tract • Excrete eggs

Ascaris lumbricoides<br />

• Ingest eggs<br />

• Larvae invade<br />

intestines<br />

• Lung<br />

• GI tract<br />

• Excrete eggs

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