Toxocariasis: systemic features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Toxocariasis: systemic features. Fever, Nausea, Vomiting, Headache, Behavioural disturbance, Sleep disturbance. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Covert toxocariasis: features
- Fever
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Headache
- Behavioural disturbance
- Sleep disturbance
- Cough
- Anorexia
- Abdominal pain
- Hepatomegaly
Common toxocariasis: features
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Cardiac toxocariasis
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Other systemic features
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References
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- Dzikowiec M, Góralska K, Błaszkowska J. Neuroinvasions caused by parasites. Ann Parasitol 2017; 63:243–253.
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- Enko K, Tada T, Ohgo KO, et al. Fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis associated with visceral larva migrans caused by Toxocara canis infection. Circ J 2009; 73:1344-1348.
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