Banana fibers camouflaging as a gut worm in a 6-month-old infant

Worm infestation issue is a common health condition observed mostly in Asian countries. The prevalence of worms in children is higher due to the habit of playing in mud or outdoors which is not found in the case of an infant. Very rarely worm infestation is observed in infants. There is a need for a...

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Autores principales:	Abhinandan Patil, Vijay Mali, Rajendra Patil
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Emergency Department of Hospital San Pedro (Logroño, Spain) 2020
Materias:	worm infant banana fibers stool Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/69fa97ad3ccd4805ab1cc3713a0b05a9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:69fa97ad3ccd4805ab1cc3713a0b05a92021-12-02T19:15:08ZBanana fibers camouflaging as a gut worm in a 6-month-old infant10.5281/zenodo.41254362695-5075https://doaj.org/article/69fa97ad3ccd4805ab1cc3713a0b05a92020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4125436https://doaj.org/toc/2695-5075Worm infestation issue is a common health condition observed mostly in Asian countries. The prevalence of worms in children is higher due to the habit of playing in mud or outdoors which is not found in the case of an infant. Very rarely worm infestation is observed in infants. There is a need for an investigation to be carried out for live worms in the stool. Sometimes the change in the diet of the infant, irregular bowel movements, and worm-like things in stool makes an alarming situation. We report the original case of a 6-month-old infant camouflaging for worm infestation due to the presence of the thread-like parasite in stool. The routine stool and chemical analysis of black thread thing from stool revealed solid diet fibers of banana and not any parasitic infection.Abhinandan PatilVijay MaliRajendra PatilEmergency Department of Hospital San Pedro (Logroño, Spain)articleworminfantbanana fibersstoolMedicine (General)R5-920ENIberoamerican Journal of Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 245-247 (2020)
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description	Worm infestation issue is a common health condition observed mostly in Asian countries. The prevalence of worms in children is higher due to the habit of playing in mud or outdoors which is not found in the case of an infant. Very rarely worm infestation is observed in infants. There is a need for an investigation to be carried out for live worms in the stool. Sometimes the change in the diet of the infant, irregular bowel movements, and worm-like things in stool makes an alarming situation. We report the original case of a 6-month-old infant camouflaging for worm infestation due to the presence of the thread-like parasite in stool. The routine stool and chemical analysis of black thread thing from stool revealed solid diet fibers of banana and not any parasitic infection.
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title	Banana fibers camouflaging as a gut worm in a 6-month-old infant
title_short	Banana fibers camouflaging as a gut worm in a 6-month-old infant
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Banana fibers camouflaging as a gut worm in a 6-month-old infant

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