Introduction
The patient is a 32-year-old female who has just returned from a fourteen-day trip to Southeast Asia, where she spent time in Thailand. On her trips, she, among others, used to explore the known areas that are very reputed for their excellent cuisine and indeed eat the street food there and the fresh seafood dishes. Besides that, she did some more things like going for hikes and Hit Yak markets. Around five days after she settled back into her residence in New York City, she underwent these symptoms where she had suffered abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and exhaustion (Norman et al., 2020). The timeline of her symptoms being observed around her arrival in the USA raised a red flag that indicated a probable link with her recent travels. The most helpful thing to mention is that she did not write about any events that she’d probably attended, such as conferences, or had personal exposure to people with similar symptoms.
Presentation of findings
The patient presented with few clinical signs and symptoms, including helminthiasis, parasitic infections produced by helminths. To begin with, Lizzie suffered from intense and intermittent abdominal pains, which were mostly lower abdomen area specific. On the other hand, she said having multiple diarrhea daily is characterized by little content and the process of eliminating it voluntarily. Furthermore, the patient mentioned the excess of fatigue, associated with the loss of the energy of the organism that is already typical of helminth infections.
To diagnose the patient with helminthiasis, there was a complete process which was provided. A stool sample was taken and was also subjected to microscopy examination to determine if worms eggs or larvae were present in them. This study concluded the demonstration of helminth eggs in the specimen of feces, which guaranteed their diagnosis of helminthiasis (Norman, et al. 2020). Besides that, two types of blood samples were collected: one for serologic testing to evaluate antibody response to helminth antigens, and another for serum cryoprotein further tests. The serological level of IgG against helminth was discovered to be high from the examined blood samples, as a matter of fact, any more, the results confirmed the state of helminthiasis from which the immune system is fighting against the parasite. Overall, the summarized findings of the diagnostic tests established with certainty that including the patient in the helminth control program is essential.
Conclusion
The patient presented with few clinical signs and symptoms, including helminthiasis, namely parasitic infections produced by helminths. To begin with, Lizzie suffered from strong and intermittent abdominal pains which were mostly lower abdomen area specific. On the other hand, she said having multiple diarrhea daily is characterized by little content and the process of eliminating it voluntarily (Norman, et al. 2020). Furthermore, the patient mentioned the excess of fatigue, associated with the loss of the energy of the organism that is already typical of helminth infections.
To diagnose the patient with helminthiasis, there was a complete process which was provided. A stool sample was taken and was also subjected to microscopy examination to determine if worms eggs or larvae were present in them. This study concluded the demonstration of helminth eggs in the specimen of feces, which guaranteed their diagnosis of helminthiasis. Besides that, two types of blood samples were collected: one for serologic testing to evaluate antibody response to helminth antigens, and another for serum cryoprotein further tests (Norman, et al. 2020). The serological level of IgG against helminth was discovered to be high from the examined blood samples, as a matter of fact, any more, the results confirmed the state of helminthiasis from which the immune system is fighting against the parasite. Overall, the summarized findings of the diagnostic tests established with certainty that including the patient in the helminth control program is essential.
References
Norman, F. F., Chamorro, S., Comeche, B., Pérez-Molina, J. A., & López-Vélez, R. (2020). Update on the major imported helminth infections in travelers and migrants. Future Microbiology, 15(6), 437-444.
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