Tetanic Convulsions Apparently Due to Ascariasis

Torticollis and Convulsions Apparently Due to Ascariasis

Remarks on Ascariasis, Is There a Round Worm Fever?

Anion"' the numerous clinical phenomena that arise from the presence of round worms, Colonol Hehir has omitted to mention one that is commonly met in the Deccan and probably elsewhere too. and that is pain, combined sometimes aiso with swelling, in one or both knee-joints. According to my experience, this usually occurs in children between the a^es of 4 and 12, and thousrh sometimes it is prese...

Parathyroids and Calcium Metabolism

The experiments reported in this article are in full agreement with the facts known about the action of Ca and Mg salts in tetanic animals. In the concentrations used here both Ca lactate and Mg lactate suppressed the muscular convulsions in the tetanic salamander larvae. The Mg lactate, however, appears to be more effective than the Ca lactate. At any rate the suppression of the tetanic convul...

THE ROLE OF ENDOSCOPY IN BILIARY ASCARIASIS: A CASE REPORT

Biliary ascariasis is a common disease in certain geographical areas of the world. The adult form of the worm usually lives in the human intestine. Biliary complications due to ascaris infestation are uncommon but are becoming an important clinical problem, as fatal cases have been reported in the literature. Many authors have recommended traditional surgical treatment for removal of the w...

Management algorithm for intestinal obstruction due to ascariasis: a case report and review of the literature.

Ascaris lumbricoides is the largest and most prevalent of the human helminths. Ascariasis causes a unique type of intestinal obstruction with specific problems, having high morbidity and mortality. There is no management algorithm available in the literature to treat such cases. We aimed in this study to develop an algorithm for the management of intestinal obstruction due to ascariasis. A medl...