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September 1954, Vol 88, No. 3 >
Article | September 1954

SYMPTOMS OF ASCARIASIS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CONVULSIONS FREE

GEORGE G. MERRILL, M.D.
AMA Am J Dis Child. 1954;88(3):294-297. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1954.02050100296002.
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AMONG THE hardy perennials of maternal folklore is the belief that worms cause fits. In giving the history of a child's epilepsy, many mothers tell of giving vermifuges in an effort to exorcise the worms thought to be responsible for the seizures. There is little accurate information available on the subject of convulsions in cases of ascariasis.

Occasional reports of convulsions as a symptom of Ascaris lumbricoides infestation occur in the literature. Worth1 described several cases of febrile convulsions which he ascribed to worms. Carver2 described two similar cases. Grant3 remarked that Ascaris was thought to produce fever and convulsions in India. Wilkinson4 described a case of epileptiform convulsions in a child with worms and remarked that fever and convulsions were a well-recognized result of worms "among the poorer classes." Duprey5 described a fatal case of an 8-year-old boy who died after having several convulsions,

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Worth, E. H.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1052, 1903;.
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Carver, A. E.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1052, 1903;.
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Grant, A. E.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1119, 1903;.
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Wilkinson, G. T.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:979, 1903;.
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Duprey, A. J. B.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1649, 1903;.
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Keller, A. E.:  Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Prevention of Ascarides , J. Tennessee M. A. 25:346, 1932;.
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Belding, D. L.: Textbook of Clinical Parasitology: Including Laboratory Identification and Technic , New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1942;.
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Osler, W.: The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine , edited by H. A. Christian, Ed. 14, New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1942;.
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Einhorn, N. H.; Miller, J. F., and Whittier, L.:  Ascariasis: Clinical Survey of 125 Cases of Infection with Ascaris Lumbricoides in Children , Am. J. Dis. Child. 69:237, 1945;.
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Swartzwelder, J. C.:  Clinical Ascariasis: Analysis of 202 Cases , Am. J. Dis. Child. 72:172, 1946;.
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Bridge, E. M.: Epilepsy and Convulsive Disorders in Children , New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949;.
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Ahmann, C. F., and Bristol, L. M.:  The Effects of Diet on the Worm Burden of Children Infested with Necator Americanus and Ascaris Lumbricoides , South. M. J. 26:959, 1933;.
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Keller, A. E.:  Ascaris Lumbricoides: Loss of Infestation without Treatment , J. A. M. A. 97:1299, 1931;.
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Ford, F. R.: Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence , Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1944;.
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Cobb, S.:  Causes of Epilepsy , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 27:1245, 1932;.

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1 +
Worth, E. H.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1052, 1903;.
2 +
Carver, A. E.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1052, 1903;.
3 +
Grant, A. E.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1119, 1903;.
4 +
Wilkinson, G. T.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:979, 1903;.
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Duprey, A. J. B.:  Fever and Convulsions Due to Ascarides , Lancet 2:1649, 1903;.
6 +
Keller, A. E.:  Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Prevention of Ascarides , J. Tennessee M. A. 25:346, 1932;.
7 +
Belding, D. L.: Textbook of Clinical Parasitology: Including Laboratory Identification and Technic , New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1942;.
8 +
Osler, W.: The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine , edited by H. A. Christian, Ed. 14, New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1942;.
9 +
Einhorn, N. H.; Miller, J. F., and Whittier, L.:  Ascariasis: Clinical Survey of 125 Cases of Infection with Ascaris Lumbricoides in Children , Am. J. Dis. Child. 69:237, 1945;.
10 +
Swartzwelder, J. C.:  Clinical Ascariasis: Analysis of 202 Cases , Am. J. Dis. Child. 72:172, 1946;.
11 +
Bridge, E. M.: Epilepsy and Convulsive Disorders in Children , New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949;.
12 +
Ahmann, C. F., and Bristol, L. M.:  The Effects of Diet on the Worm Burden of Children Infested with Necator Americanus and Ascaris Lumbricoides , South. M. J. 26:959, 1933;.
13 +
Keller, A. E.:  Ascaris Lumbricoides: Loss of Infestation without Treatment , J. A. M. A. 97:1299, 1931;.
14 +
Ford, F. R.: Diseases of the Nervous System in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence , Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1944;.
15 +
Cobb, S.:  Causes of Epilepsy , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 27:1245, 1932;.

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