2023-10-18 05:18:19
An 11-year-old girl in Mainland China suffered from “lower abdominal pain” for more than 2 months, and then found out that it was pinworms that were causing the problem. (Photo/reproduced from Southern Metropolis Daily)
An 11-year-old girl in Guizhou Province, mainland China, suffered from “lower abdominal pain” for more than 2 months. She was not relieved following multiple visits to the doctor and medication. It was not until her parents took her to a large hospital for treatment that they discovered that the girl’s appendix had popped up. A “living worm” is no longer a serious problem following surgery and treatment.
According to Chinese media reports, Donghua Hospital in Dongguan recently admitted a sick girl. She had been suffering from recurring pain in her lower abdomen for more than 2 months. During this period, her parents took her to see a doctor many times, but the medication was not effective. They saw her daughter suffering from abdominal pain. Unable to bear it, her parents decided to take her to a large hospital for medical treatment.
The doctor arranged for the girl to undergo a laparoscopy under general anesthesia and found that the patient’s appendix was inflamed, congested and swollen. After the appendix was cut, a “white worm” regarding 1 cm long wriggled out. The worm was sent for pathological examination and was determined to be Although the girl developed symptoms of infection and fever due to the intestinal parasite “pinworm” following the operation, she was successfully discharged from the hospital following 5 days of treatment, and her abdominal pain problem was also resolved.
In this regard, doctors said that pinworm infection usually occurs in young children, and ethnic groups with malnutrition or poor sanitary conditions are susceptible to the disease, but it is no longer common in modern society. However, people should still pay attention to dietary hygiene and good living habits. Only in this way can similar infectious diseases be avoided.
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