A young female patient is seen in a rural clinic after complaining of abdominal pain. The patient is wearing dirty clothing and is barefoot. The provider orders a complete blood count, which shows that the patient is anemic
The nurse may suspect that this patient has which of the fol-lowing infestations? a. Ancylostomiasis (hookworm)
b. Ascariasis (giant roundworm)
c. Enterobiasis (pinworm)
d. Trichuriasis (whipworm)
A
Ancylostomiasis is most common when hygiene is poor and the patient habitually goes barefoot. Symptomatic anemia may occur in menstruating women or undernourished individuals. Ascaria-sis is usually asymptomatic. Enterobiasis is characterized by perianal itching. Trichuriasis is usually asymptomatic but may cause rectal prolapse if the worm burden is very large.
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