Authors: Ashvina Segaran / Editor: Adrian Boyle / Reviewer: Phil Delbridge / Codes: GC5, GP1, IP1, IP2, SLO1, SLO2 / Published: 16/08/2021
This patient presented with having one week of colicky abdominal pains and had passed this in his faeces earlier this evening.
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I would be interested in knowing the patient’s travel history, and whether they have any contact with livestock. Another key point in the history would be whether there is respiratory distress (e.g. Loffler’s syndrome) or jaundice (ascaris can cause biliary obstruction). I would send a stool smear for OCP, and treat empirically with mebendazole.
treated a number of cases of this when working with MSF in East Africa. some patients would bring the worms that they passed
Good module.
Good recap
Good revision case..
good one
Brought back the core topic of Parasitology.. 2nd Med school
Good revision module
v concise