Abdominal Surgery to Remove Ascaris – Pics

The below link is a case where “hundreds” of ascaris were surgically removed from a 3 year old boy. In my opinion, this could have been completely avoided if he were properly treated 6 months prior when he vomited worms. Ascaris are dangerous creatures that are initially microscopic -- to not understand their destructive nature is certainly asking for trouble. I still find it amazing that there is a lackadaisical attitude about parasites among the medical community.

I found the pictures tolerable and interesting (I don’t like gross things). As you scroll down, you see the intestines pulled out (it’s a clean picture, not gross), then you’ll see 2 buckets of ascaris.


http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol8n2/ascaris.xml