What symptoms can there be with toxocariasis?
With toxocariasis, there is often a prolonged increase in temperature. The rest of the symptoms depend on which organ the larvae damaged. If lungs, then there may be a cough. If the brain, then convulsions, headaches, paresis, paralysis. In case of eye damage - keratitis, uveitis, granuloma, inflammation of the optic nerve, glaucoma, retinoblastoma (cancer). Common symptoms of all helminthic diseases, including toxocariasis, are allergies, X-rays, computed tomography, NMR, PET, ultrasound cannot distinguish toxocariasis tumors from cancer with metastases.