Amoebiasis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes Entamoeba histolytica Approx. 500 million people in tropical countries are infected. Infection or colonization with amebas, esp. Entamoeba histolytica.The infection typically begins in the colon but may spread to other organs, such as the liver or, less often, the skin or lungs Amoebiasis infection...
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Filaria Nematode worm Disease of Lymphatic Systems Transmitted by Mosquitoes Filariasis Massive swelling, esp. of the genitalia and lower extremities, resulting from obstruction of lymphatic vessels, for example by filarial parasites, malignancies, neurofibromatosis, or a familial congenital disease (Milroy’s disease). Prolonged swelling can cause an increase in...
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MADKARI DRAVYA ( NARCOTICS) drugs which alter the state of mind and hamper the decision making power of a person.for example– ALCOHOL, OPIUM, BHANGA(cannabis sativa). it also stimulates vomitting centres, vagus nerve and CONSTRICTS PUPIL. Ayurveda drug of EPILEPSY, TETANUS, NUXVOMICA POISONING, SCHIZOPHRENIA etc. it can be used in case of...
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Chikungunya Virus Infection An alphavirus, typically found inSoutheast Asia, or Africa that can be transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. After an incubation period of about a week, headache, nausea, vomiting, the virus produces high fevers, and severe joint pain, usually in the wrists or ankles. Chikungunya Virus Infection Chikungunya...
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Helminthic Infections Cestodes NEMATODES (Round Worms) Cestodes NEMATODES (Round Worms) Nematodes are elongated and symmetrical round worms. They are classified as intestinal or tissue nematodes. Helminthic Infections Tissue Nematodes TRICHINELLOSIS It develops after ingestion of meat containing cysts of Trichinella, like pork or other meat. Infections are usually mild and asymptomatic. Heavy...
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Intestinal Nematodes Infaction ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES Ascaris lumbricoides is a species of Ascaris that lives in the human intestine and adults may grow to 12 in. long. Eggs are passed with the feces and require at least 2 weeks’ incubation in the soil before they become infective Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal roundworm,...
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ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE, NECATOR and STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS Hookworm infections are common in the tropics and subtropics, Species of hookworm that commonly infests humans, causing ancylostomiasis; widely found in temperate regions. Ancylostoma caninum and Ancylostoma braziliense: Species of hookworm that infests dogs and cats and may cause cutaneous larva migrans in humans. ...
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TRICHURIS TRICHURA (WHIP WORM) ,ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS (PIN WORM OR THREAD WORM) Diagnosis and Treatment TRICHURIS TRICHURA (WHIP WORM) It is found worldwide. Two of the most common nematode infections worldwide are pinworm, which is caused by Enterobius vermicularis, and whipworm, which is caused by Trichuris trichiura Trichuris Trichura Whip Worm...
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CESTODES (Tape Worms) TAENIA SAGINATA ,TAENIA SOLIUM ,Neurologic manifestations of cysticercii (neurocysticercosis) Tapeworms, or cestodes, are hermaphroditic flatworm parasites, which can live as parasitic adults in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage (metacestode) of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. A genus of tapeworms,...
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ECHINOCOCCOSIS OR HYDATID DISEASE Infection in humans is caused by larva of Echinococcus granulosus. The definitive hosts are dogs. ECHINOCOCCOSIS OR HYDATID DISEASE Infection in humans Eggs’are passed in the faeces of dogs. Cysts develop in man after ingestion of eggs. HYDATID DISEASE Infection in humans is caused by larva of Echinococcus...
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