The clinic nurse is assessing a child with a heavy ascariasis lumbricoides (common roundworm) infection. Which assessment findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)
a. Anemia
b. Anorexia
c. Irritability
d. Intestinal colic
e. Enlarged abdomen
ANS: B, C, D, E
The assessment findings in a heavy ascariasis lumbricoides infection include anorexia, irritability, intestinal colic, and an enlarged abdomen. Anemia is seen in hookworm infections but not ascariasis.
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