There are roundworms in the stomach

Ascaris is a common disease among children. Many people have experienced ascaris in their childhood. However, because the children are too young, if there are no serious symptoms, they are generally not discovered in time. Some parents can find ascaris by observing their children’s stool. At this time, timely treatment is needed to prevent the ascaris from continuing to remain in the baby’s body.

The reason why roundworms appear in the stomach is directly related to the child’s hygiene habits, such as not washing hands after eating and frequently biting nails. But no matter what the cause is, we hope that parents can understand the symptoms of roundworms in the stomach so that they can observe their children's condition on their own.

1. Larva migrans

It occurs in people who eat raw vegetables, fruits and melons containing a large number of fertilized roundworm eggs in a short period of time. The incubation period is 7-9 days. Low fever, fatigue, and a few cases are accompanied by urticaria or rash. There is a foreign body sensation in the throat, paroxysmal coughing, often in an asthma-like manner, with little sputum, occasionally sputum with blood, and dry rales heard in the chest. The shadows on both sides of the hilum of the chest X-ray deepen, the lung texture increases, and there are dot-like, flaky or flocculent infiltration shadows, which disappear in 1-2 weeks. Sputum examination may reveal eosinophils and Charcot-Leyden crystals, and occasionally larvae. The course of the disease lasts 7-10 days and gradually improves.

⒉ Intestinal ascariasis

The vast majority of cases have no symptoms. Children often have abdominal pain, which is recurring and irregular around the umbilicus, without tenderness or abdominal muscle tension, accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea or constipation, and the excretion of roundworms in the stool. Children sometimes have convulsions, night terrors, teeth grinding, and pica.

complication

⒈ Biliary complications are clinically manifested in five types: biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, acute cholangitis, acute pancreatitis and liver abscess.

⒉ Intestinal complications manifest as mechanical intestinal obstruction, which is mostly incomplete. Paroxysmal periumbilical pain, frequent vomiting, marked abdominal distension, intestinal pattern and peristaltic waves. The characteristic of this disease is the palpation of a cord-like mass in the abdomen. Abdominal X-ray showed fluid level and intestinal inflation. Prolonged obstruction may lead to intestinal perforation and intestinal torsion. Ascaris burrowing into the appendix can cause appendicitis.

⒊ Ascaris peritonitis Ascaris can pass through the small intestinal wall into the abdominal cavity, causing symptoms of peritonitis such as abdominal pain, bloating, and tenderness in the entire abdomen. Ascaris and egg granulomas may be found during surgery.

I believe you already know the symptoms of roundworms in the stomach. If you find that your child has roundworms in the stomach, please be sure to take your baby for deworming treatment. After the baby's treatment, you must pay attention to the baby's hygiene, and the mother should also pay attention to washing the vegetables thoroughly when cooking.