What is the round worm infection?
Round worm is the commonest worm infection in man. It is commonly found in developing countries due to poor sanitary conditions. Round worms in medical terminology is also called as ascaris lumbricoides. Round worms leads to blood loss in the stools and can lead to low hemoglobin in children. How does round worm spread? Most of the times round worm is transmitted by ingesting food contaminated with eggs of the parasite. The eggs form larva in the intestines, these larva enter the blood circulation and go to the lungs from where they enter the food pipe and go into the stomach and intestines and then form adult worms in the intestine. These worms can grow to a length of 10 to 30 cm. These adult worms then release eggs that are passed in stools and contaminate soil which then contaminates the food that we eat and the cycle continues. Round worm disease is especially seen in children who eat mud (pica) “What are the symptoms of round worm disease? Initially the child may come with the con
