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ancylostomiasis

info · Eye · ICD-10: B76.0

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection of skin, eyes, and viscera in humans by the parasitic nematodes Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma duodenale or Ancylostoma caninum. The larvae cause lesions on the

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection of skin, eyes, and viscera in humans by the parasitic nematodes Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma duodenale or Ancylostoma caninum. The larvae cause lesions on the skin at the site of penetration. The infection with symptoms of intestinal bleeding, with symptoms of abdominal pain, with symptoms of anemia, with symptoms of severe diarrhea and with symptoms of malnutrition.

Medications that may treat it

albendazole mebendazole pyrantel