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Causative agent
Whipworm (Trichuris trichuria), Whipworm eggs incubate in the soil. When swallowed, they travel to the colon.
Symptoms And Signs of Trichuriasis
- Vague abdominal pain
- Diarrhoea
- Anaemia
- Protracted, profuse mucous and bloody diarrhoea with rectal prolapse(infants)
- Digital clubbing
- Growth retardation
Investigations
Stool test
Treatment
- Mebendazole
- Albendazole