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- 1. Helminthiasis Helminthiasis, commonly known as worm infection, is a macro parasitic disease in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms or helminths. There are three types : • Flukes (trematodes), • Tapeworms (cestodes), and • Roundworms (nematodes).
- 3. ASCARIASIS • Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, which is a species of roundworm • Adult male 15-30 cm, Adult female 20-35 cm • Transmission by fecal–oral route • Each female worm can produce over 200,000 eggs per day. • Eggs are highly resistant and may remain viable up to 6 years.
- 5. Loeffler’s Syndrome • Löffler's syndrome is a disease in which eosinophils accumulate in the lung in response to a parasitic infection. • Pulmonary infiltrates on x-ray, • Elevated blood eosinophils, • Cough, dyspnea and wheeze.
- 6. Signs and symptoms • As larval stages travel through the body, they may cause enlargement of liver, spleen, inflammation of lungs. • The worms can cause intestinal blockage when large numbers worms migrate from the small intestine, which may require surgery. • A worm may block pancreatic duct, can travel through the biliary tree and even into the gallbladder, causing acute cholangitis or acute cholecystitis.
- 7. • The worms in the intestine may cause malabsorption and anorexia which contribute to malnutrition. • Ascaris takes most of its nutrients from the partially digested host food in the intestine. • It can secrete enzyme inhibitors, presumably to protect itself from digestion by the hosts' enzymes.
- 8. Diagnosis • Stool examination : eggs have a characteristic shape: they are oval with a thick, mamillated shell (covered with rounded mounds or lumps), measuring 35-50 micrometer in diameter and 40–70 in length • White blood cell counts may demonstrate peripheral eosinophilia • On X-ray, 15–35 cm long filling defects
- 9. Management • Albendazole, • Mebendazole, • Levamisole and • Pyrantel pamoate.
- 10. Ancylostomiasis (Hook Worm) • Caused by Ancylostoma duodenale • Sucks 0.2 ml blood/day/worm • Female worms – 9000-30000 eggs/day
- 12. Sign and symptoms • Signs and symptoms varies depending on the organism. • Anemia • Ulcer type pain • Malnutrition
- 13. Treatment • The drug of choice for the treatment of hookworm disease is mebendazole
- 14. Enterobiasis (Pinworm) • Caused by a small, thin, white roundworm called Enterobius vermicularis. • Autoinfection • Retroinfection • Salphangitis • Nocturnal eneuresis • Eczema • Genital tract infection • Mebendazole
- 15. Taeniasis (Tapeworm) • Caused by Taenia solium (pig), Taenia saginata (beef), and Taenia asiatica (Asian tapeworm) • Human is definite host, while animals are intermediate host.
- 17. Sign and symptoms 1. Anaemia and indigestion 2. As cysticercosis lead to headaches, dizziness, seizures, dementia, hypertension, lesions in the brain, blindness, tumor-like growths, and low eosinophil levels. 3. Praziquantel is the treatment of choice
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