一个关于圆虫在儿童中引起肠道阻塞的病例报告
Tushar Krishnaraju1, Suvendu Sekhar Jena1, Amitabh Yadav1
1Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Case reports in surgery
|May 8, 2024
概括
土壤传染的虫感染,特别是虫 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 可以导致儿童的严重肠道阻塞. 早期检测和治疗,包括在某些情况下进行手术,对于预防并发症至关重要.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 儿科手术 儿科手术
背景情况:
- 土壤传播的虫感染 (STH) 是一个重大的全球卫生问题,不成比例地影响贫困社区.
- Ascaris lumbricoides是主要感染人类的STH物种,经常导致儿童的肠道阻塞.
- 及时诊断STH诱导的肠道阻塞对于避免严重的健康后果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在儿童中呈现急性肠道阻塞病例,由阿斯卡里斯 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 引起.
- 突出STH相关肠道阻塞的诊断和管理挑战.
- 强调早期检测和干预STH感染的重要性.
主要方法:
- 一个10岁男孩患有肠道阻塞症状的病例报告.
- 诊断成像 (CT扫描) 来识别圆和肠粘附.
- 手术干预,包括切除和结节切除,然后进行医疗治疗 (阿尔本达,抗生素).
主要成果:
- 这名患者出现了腹膜炎的症状,并被诊断为由于Ascaris lumbricoides引起的小肠阻塞.
- 进行了手术切除球和切除患病的结核.
- 组织病理学证实了圆虫蛋的存在,患者在结肠静脉关闭后康复.
结论:
- 阿斯卡里斯 (Ascaris lumbricoides) 感染是儿童群体肠道阻塞的一个显著原因.
- 迅速的医疗和必要时的手术管理对于有利的结果至关重要.
- 改善卫生和卫生的公共卫生举措对于减少性传播性疾病的流行率和相关并发症至关重要.
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