| Theme |
Infectious Enterocolitis |
| Title |
Helminthous Enterocolitis |
| Author |
Fukunori Kinjo |
Department of Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus / 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| Author |
Nagisa Kinjo |
Department of Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus / 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| Author |
Manabu Nakamoto |
Department of Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus / 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| Author |
Kazuto Kishimoto |
Department of Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus / 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| Author |
Tetsuo Hirata |
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| Author |
Nobufumi Uchima |
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus |
| [ Summary ] |
In our country, the number of patients with parasitic infectious diseases is decreasing sharply, but the incidence of these diseases is presently scattered at various locations. The number of persons infected with Strongyloides stercoralis are abounding in the Nansei Islands in Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures. Strongylodiasis is manifested, when a healthy carrier of Strongyloides stercoralis becomes an immunocompromised host for some reason. At this time, their condition may become serious, or sometimes fatal. That is to say, diagnosis and treatment in the early stages are both required. For early diagnosis, a record of the environment they have lived in their medical records, their clinical symptoms, and remarks on the physical condition of the patients promote proper diagnoses in respect to parasitic infectious diseases. It is to be noted that ivermectin is readily available for Strongyloides stercoralis infections and has few side effects. In this paper, diphyllobothria trichuriasis and briefly ascariasis were also briefly described. |