Ascaris, Cat Move In Internal Organs

Parasitical Worms.com Toxocara canis is found in 80% of tropical dogs and 17-20% of temperate zone dogs. Adult worms live in the small intestine of puppies under 3-6 months of age
The causative agent of Toxocara canis larva disease
Usually parasitic roundworms in the small intestine of dogs (Toxocara canis), cats (Toxocara cati); sometimes there are also roundworms (Ascaris suum), horses (Ascaris equorum), ruminants (Neoascaris vitulorum)
Toxocara canis is found in 80% of tropical dogs and 17-20% in temperate regions. Adult worms live in the small intestine of puppies under 3-6 months of age; When the dog is older, due to the immune mechanism, the intestinal worms will be pushed out.
Each day worms lay about 200,000 eggs, worm eggs can live for months outside

. People infected with eggs are often children playing on the ground, playing with dogs, or adults doing jobs close to the dogs ..
The cycle of developing dog roundworm disease
In the small intestine, stage II larvae emerge from the eggs into the intestinal wall, following the blood to the liver, lungs, brain, heart, etc Live for months, even years.
If puppies swallow worm eggs, some larvae reach the lungs and develop into adult worms in the small intestine, others continue to roam the internal organs.



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When the dog grows up and becomes pregnant, the larvae burrow through the placenta, infect the fetus, or enter the mammary gland, which infects the puppies when they breastfeed.
Epidemiology of Toxocara canis larva disease
Toxocara dog roundworm disease is popular everywhere, patients are usually children 1-4 years old, in the house often raise dogs, cats ...
Clinical manifestations of dog roundworm larvae
In children, the disease develops slowly Patients with mild fever, transient, less appetite, weakness, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, muscle and joint pain, coughing up sputum with calculated leukemia, asthma-like dyspnea, pulmonary infiltration, rash red or urticaria, erythema multiforme, Quinck edema; liver is large, hard, smooth surface, painless, sometimes spleen slightly The disease may go away on its own after several weeks (when the larvae die).
In adults, sometimes asymptomatic infection, sometimes mild fever, fatigue, redness, itching, asthma-like dyspnea, may cause unilateral vision due to retinitis or chronic endocarditis.
Diagnosis of dog roundworm disease
Symptom orientation
- People who are tired of working are less focused, itchy skin allergies, skin exams and treatments do not go away.
- Leukocytes in the blood increased to 10,000 - 100,000 / mm3, of which the calculated leukocytes accounted for 50 - 80%.



. But beware leukocytes may not increase in ocular form.
- Globulines increase 10 to 15 times higher than normal, especially IgE and IgG.
Diagnosis and identification of dog roundworm disease
- Elisa blood test at specialized clinics has high accuracy results
- Liver biopsy may show larvae in the middle of an area of necrosis, surrounded by epidermal pseudocytes, giant cells, calculated white blood cells and cytoplasm only in 20% of cases.
Images of Toxocara dog roundworm larvae
- The complementary immobilization techniques, erythrocyte agglutination, diffuse immunity, electrophoresis immunity, fluorescence immunity have some diagnostic values depending on the quality of the antigen There is often a lot of cross-reactivity.
- Responding well to specific treatment is also a diagnostic tool when there is no immunology.
Treatment and immune ELISA for more specific results.
- Thiabendazole (Mintezol) 50mg / kg / day
- Albendazole (Zentel) 2 tablets 200mg / day
Corticoides or antihistamines can be used in the afternoon for cases of difficulty breathing, severe inflammation ...



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Prevention of Toxocara dog roundworm disease like?
- Do not allow children to play with dogs, especially puppies; monitor the cleanliness of the hands, against all acts of swallowing children soil.
- Prohibit releasing dogs to parks, arguing grounds, gardens Periodically worming books for puppies and pregnant dogs.
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