The clinic nurse is assessing a child with a heavy ascariasis lumbricoides (common roundworm)infection.Which assessment findings should the nurse expect?

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The assessment findings in a heavy ascariasis lumbricoides infection include anorexia,irritability,intestinal colic,and an enlarged abdomen.Anemia is seen in hookworm infections but not ascariasis.

The Clinic Nurse Is Assessing a Child with a Heavy