Parasitic diseases: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:37, 19 September 2017

Background

Although any organism that "lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism" is technically a parasite, in common medical parlance "parasitic diseases" refer to infections due to protozoa, helminths, arthropods, or other "macroparasites"

Protozoa

Helminths

Helminth infections

Cestodes (Tapeworms)

Trematodes (Flukes)

Nematodes (Roundworms)

Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Filarial worms
Hookworm
- Necator americanus
- Ancylostoma duodenale
- Cutaneous larva migrans (Ancylostoma braziliense)
Dracunculiasis
Strongyloides stercoralis
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Anisakis
Toxocara spp.
Trichinosis

Ectoparasites

Domestic U.S. Ectoparasites

Bed bugs
Lice
Scabies (Mites)
Ticks
Fleas
Pseudoparasites
Delusional parasitosis (Ekbom syndrome)

Ectoparasite & Related Images

Marine Dermatitis

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-*[[Chagas Disease]]
+==Background==
-*[[Lice]]
+*Although any organism that "lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism" is technically a parasite, in common medical parlance "parasitic diseases" refer to infections due to protozoa, helminths, arthropods, or other "macroparasites"
-==African sleeping sickness==
+==Protozoa==
+{{Protozoa}}
-Tsetse fly
+==[[Helminths]]==
+{{Helminth Types}}
-Winterbottom's sign: posterior cervical LAD (Gambiense)
+==[[Ectoparasites]]==
+{{Ectoparasite DDX}}
+{{Ectoparasite images}}
-==Swimmer's itch==
+==Marine Dermatitis==
+*[[Swimmer's Itch]]
+*[[Seabather's Eruption]]
-Cercaria (non-human schistisomes)
+==See Also==
+*[[Microbiology (Main)]]
-Exposed areas
+*[[Travel Medicine]]
-==Seabather's eruption==
-Under bathing suit
--Nematocysts of the larval forms of sea anemones: Edwardsiella lineata
-Thimble jellyfishe: Linuche unguiculata
-Cnidaria larve get trapped, release toxin
-==Cysticercosis==
-Humans can become intermediate host and then get invasive disease
-==Enterobius vermicularis==
-Nocturnal perianal itch (pinworm)
-==Larva Currens==
-Thumbprint sign: periumbilical purpura
-Strongyloides stercoralis
-==Dracunculosis==
-Copepods (Cyclops spp)
-Metro and excision
-==Loa loa==
-Calabar swelling: localized angioedema
-Mature worm migrates across eye
-==Onchocerciasis (River blindness)==
-Elephant skin
-Lizard skin
-Leopard skin
-Skin snip
-Mazotti test: give DEC 50 mg, get reaction in patient
-==Trichinosis==
-Trichinella spiralis
-Splinter hemorrhages
-Pork, polar bear, walrus
-==M. Opercularis==
-Wolly caterpillar
-Train-track hemorrages
--'Erucism' inflammation around hairs, can be chronic, can cause systemic effects
-==Cimex lenticularis==
-Bedbugs
-Hep B carrier's
-==Myiasis==
-Dermatobia hominis
-Odd question of Collembola (Springtail) implicated in one case series (J NY Entomol Soc, 2004)
--Pimozide (diphenylbutylpiperidine class antipsychotic) at 1–12 mg daily
-==Source==
-/2/09 PANI
 [[Category:ID]]
-[[Category:TropMed]]
+[[Category:Tropical Medicine]]