Case study presentation should include the following: 1. Case 2. Patient initials (Ex. 50-year-old man) 3. History of the present illness (Symptoms and may include the physical exam of the patient) 4. Chief Complaints (Ex. Morning stiffness in his joints for over a year) 5. Diagnosis and Causative agent 6. Pathophysiology 7. Treatment and Management 8. References

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Please answer the case study below.
Diagnosis: Small bowel obstruction secondary to Ascaris lumbricoides infection

Case Study 4:
A 5-year-old boy who lived in a slum area in Cebu City presents to the ER with abdominal pain
and vomiting. He was ill for a day, but his symptoms have worsened in the past few hours, and
his parents panicked when they saw a reddish-yellow worm in his vomitus. He has no significant
medical history and has taken no medications. On examination, his abdomen has high-pitched,
tinkling bowel sounds on auscultation and is diffusely tender to palpation. An abdominal x-ray
shows air- fluid levels consistent with a small bowel obstruction. Stool examination reports
revealed positive for parasite ova/egg (unfertilized corticated ova).


Case study presentation should include the following:
1. Case
2. Patient initials (Ex. 50-year-old man)
3. History of the present illness (Symptoms and may include the physical exam of the patient)
4. Chief Complaints (Ex. Morning stiffness in his joints for over a year)
5. Diagnosis and Causative agent
6. Pathophysiology
7. Treatment and Management
8. References

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