Q. What are the main symptoms of the pulmonary and of the intestinal phases of the ascaris infestation?
In the pulmonary period the ascaris infestation causes hemoptysis, cough, dyspnea, fever, fatigue and may cause a special kind of pneumonia called as eosinophilic pneumonia. In the intestinal phase the symptoms are due to spoliation of nutrients of the host and thus hunger and weight loss may perhaps appear. The Masses of ascaris inside the bowels can cause severe intestinal obstruction.