Stinging and itchy skin with urticaria

When the filiform crest penetrates through the skin around the anus, the local skin appears edema, tingling, and itching, and is often accompanied by wired or banded urticaria. It is the manifestation of perianal skin lesions of faecal roundworm disease.

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