Parasitic Worms (Helminths), Helminthiasis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Cestodes (tapeworms)

Cyclophyllidae

  • Weight loss
  • Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix)

Echinococcus [Echinococcosis]

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).
  • Neoplasms in the lungs, unspecified.
  • Liver metastases (daughter tumors), unspecified
  • Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)
  • Liver cirrhosis – connective tissue remodeling of the liver, which leads to functional limitations.

Pseudophyllidae

  • Other worm diseases
  • Consumptive diseases such as neoplasms, tuberculosis.
  • Anemia (anemia) of other genesis.

Nematodes (threadworms)

Ancylostomatidae (hookworms).

  • Other worm diseases
  • Anemia (anemia) of other etiology.
  • Bronchial asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Intestinal ulcerations (intestinal ulcers)

Anisakis

  • Other worm diseases

Angiostrongylidae

  • Tuberculous meningitis (meningitis).
  • Cerebral toxoplasmosis
  • Cerebral cysticercosis
  • Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix)

Ascarididae (roundworms)

  • Other worm diseases
  • Ileus (intestinal obstruction)
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Retinoblastoma – malignant neoplasm of the eye.

Enterobius

  • Failure to thrive/behave
  • Inflammation of the genital organs
  • Appendicitis (appendicitis)
  • Intestinal perforation (intestinal perforation)
  • Peritonitis (inflammation of the peritoneum)

Filiariidae (nematode)

  • Lymphedema of other genesis (eg, tumors, after radiotherapy (radiotherapy)).
  • Insect bites
  • Phlegmon – diffuse infection of the skin.
  • Angioneurotic edema (C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency) – disease caused by the lack of an inhibitor of the complement system.
  • Scabies (scabies)
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Dermatomycoses (fungal skin infections)
  • Neoplasms, unspecified

Rhabditidae

  • Other worm diseases
  • Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)
  • Chronic bronchitis

Spiruridae

  • Wound infections, unspecified
  • Skin infections, unspecified

Toxocara canis/-cati

  • Visual acuity loss (loss of visual acuity).
  • Localization in the muscles, liver, lungs, or central nervous system is possible

Trichinella (trichinosis) [trichinellosis].

Trichuridae (whipworms)

  • Failure to thrive
  • Anemia (anemia)

Trematodes (sucking worms)

Intestinal fluke

  • Gastrointestinal tract diseases such as infections, amoebic dysentery (tropical intestinal infection).

Liver fluke

  • Other worm diseases
  • Liver disease, unspecified
  • Liver cirrhosis – connective tissue remodeling of the liver leading to functional impairment.

Paragonimus (lung fluke)

  • Bronchitis
  • Bronchial carcinoma (lung cancer)
  • Tuberculosis (consumption)

Schistosoma [schistosomiasis; bilharzia]

  • Bronchitis
  • Acute hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)
  • Granulomatous growths, especially on the liver, urinary bladder and rectum.
  • Allergies, unspecified
  • Typhus abdominalis – infectious disease caused by Salmonella typhi.
  • Malaria
  • Brucellosisinfectious diseases caused by different types of the genus Brucella.
  • Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery; tropical intestinal infection).