Rising antiparasitic drug cost in U.S. leads to higher patient costs, decreased quality of care
(Burness) A new study finds that the increasingly high prices in the United States of the drugs used to treat three soil-transmitted helminth infections--hookworm, roundworm (ascariasis), and whipworm (trichuriasis)--is not only the major driver for the increase in costs to patients with either Medicaid or private insurance, but it also may have a damaging impact on the quality-of-care patients receive as clinicians shift their prescribing patterns to more affordable yet less-effective medicines covered by insurance. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Death by asphyxiation caused by Ascaris lumbricoides case report - Herbstein JA, Breglia GA, Rodrigues Paquete CA, Vega A.
This is the presentation of a finding during an autopsy carried out on a 4-year old girl at the Judicial Morgue of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina, who died as a result of complications of a massive ascariasis, a parasitic infestation caused by As... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Ascariasis
(Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 19, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Everything you need to know about ascariasis
Ascariasis occurs when a parasitic roundworm infects a person's small intestine. It may not cause symptoms initially, but an extensive infection can lead to dangerous gastrointestinal blockages. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of ascariasis here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
What Are Some of the Problems Associated with Pica?
Discussion
Oral behaviors are normal activities for infants and older children including exploration of toys and other environmental items by the mouth and thumb sucking. They could also be potentially more problematic such as nail biting, gum chewing or even tobacco smoking/chewing.
Pica is a disorder of ingestion of non-food items that is unusual in the type of item or the quantity. What is defined as food widely varies by region and ethnicity. The term pica is the medieval Latin name for the magpie bird which is known to eat food and non-food items. Many different animal species practice pica including several primate ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 11, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are Some of the Problems Associated with Pica?
Discussion
Oral behaviors are normal activities for infants and older children including exploration of toys and other environmental items by the mouth and thumb sucking. They could also be potentially more problematic such as nail biting, gum chewing or even tobacco smoking/chewing.
Pica is a disorder of ingestion of non-food items that is unusual in the type of item or the quantity. What is defined as food widely varies by region and ethnicity. The term pica is the medieval Latin name for the magpie bird which is known to eat food and non-food items. Many different animal species practice pica including several primate ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 11, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Ascariasis Associated with Pig Farming — Maine, 2010–2013
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 23, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Infectious Diseases: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Cleveland ClinicHypoglossal Nerve Palsy during Meningococcal Meningitis. NEJM, 10/2014.Herpes Zoster Involving the S1 Dermatome. NEJM, 05/2014.Tinea Faciei. NEJM, 05/2014.Disseminated Cryptococcosis in a CLL patient. 05/2014.Scrofuloderma due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. NEJM, 06/2012.Leonine Facies in Lepromatous Leprosy. NEJM, 04/2012.Intestinal Infestation with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. NEJM, 03/2012.Kerion celsi form of tinea capitis caused by a T-cell hypersensitivity reaction. NEJM, 03/2012.Eye can see a nest of worms! Thelazia callipaeda. Lancet, 03/2012.Madura Foot. NEJM, 01/2012.Paragonimia...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Images Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gastroenterology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Assistant Professor at University of ChicagoGrey Turner ' s sign suggesting retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Lancet, 05/2014.Abdominal-Wall Varices in the Budd –Chiari Syndrome. NEJM, 05/2014.Biliary ileus. Lancet, 07/2012.Meconium-like Ileus in Cystic Fibrosis. NEJM, 05/2012.Achalasia. NEJM, 04/2012.Intestinal Infestation with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. NEJM, 03/2012.Kayser-Fleischer Rings in Wilson ' s Disease. NEJM, 03/2012.Barium Aspiration. NEJM, 03/2012.Pneumopericardium Associated with a Peptic Ulcer. NEJM, 12/2011.Abdominal calcifications secondary to cysticercosis. Lancet, 12/2011.Retinopat...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Gastroenterology Images Source Type: news
