Case Report: Onchocerciasis (Loa Loa)

Authors

  • Abdullah Mohammed Alshehri Pediatric Emergency Consultant -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia Author
  • Elsharif A Bazie Pediatric Emergency Physcian -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JIDSCR/2023(4)181

Keywords:

Onchocerciasis, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Onchocerca volvulus is a spirurid nematode from the Superfamily Filarial diseases, family Onchocerciadae. We report a family member from Saudi Arabia with Onchocerciasis from Dammam City.We report a family member from Saudi Arabia with Onchocerciasis from Dammam City. Ocular lesions, ranging from sclerosing keratitis to optic nerve atrophy, increase the incidence of Blindness among patients.Knowledge about tropical diseases in non-tropical countries is essential to early diagnosis and treatment.

 

Author Biographies

  • Abdullah Mohammed Alshehri, Pediatric Emergency Consultant -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

    Pediatric Emergency Consultant -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

  • Elsharif A Bazie, Pediatric Emergency Physcian -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

    Pediatric Emergency Physcian -Security Forces Hospital-Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

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Published

2023-11-23

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2023): Volume 4 Issue 4

Section

Articles