The answer to yesterday's Image Challenge was #1 - Ascariasis
Ascaris lumbricoides worms were causing intestinal obstruction in this child from Kenya. After the intestine blockage was removed, the child recovered.
Ascariasis is a disease caused by roundworms. The parasite, Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common infections in the world and it affects up to one fourth of the worlds
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