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==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" | |||
==List== | |||
*[[Chagas Disease]] | *[[Chagas Disease]] | ||
*[[Lice]] | *[[Lice]] | ||
*[[Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)]] | *[[Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)]] | ||
==African | ==[[African Sleeping Sickness]]== | ||
*Tsetse fly | |||
Tsetse fly | *Winterbottom's sign: posterior cervical LAD (Gambiense) | ||
Winterbottom's sign: posterior cervical LAD (Gambiense) | |||
==[[Swimmer's Itch]]== | |||
*Cercaria (non-human schistisomes) | |||
*Exposed areas | |||
== | ==[[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 | |||
Humans can become intermediate host and then get invasive disease | ==[[Cysticercosis]]== | ||
*Humans can become intermediate host and then get invasive disease | |||
==Enterobius vermicularis== | ==[[Enterobius vermicularis]]== | ||
*Nocturnal perianal itch (pinworm) | |||
==[[Larva Currens]]== | |||
*Thumbprint sign: periumbilical purpura | |||
*Strongyloides stercoralis | |||
== | ==[[Dracunculosis]]== | ||
*Copepods (Cyclops spp) | |||
*Metro and excision | |||
Copepods (Cyclops spp) | |||
Metro and excision | |||
==[[Loa Loa]]== | |||
*Calabar swelling: localized angioedema | |||
*Mature worm migrates across eye | |||
==Trichinosis== | ==Trichinosis== | ||
*Trichinella spiralis | |||
Trichinella spiralis | *Splinter hemorrhages | ||
*Pork, polar bear, walrus | |||
Splinter hemorrhages | |||
Pork, polar bear, walrus | |||
==M. Opercularis== | ==M. Opercularis== | ||
*Wolly caterpillar | |||
Wolly caterpillar | *Train-track hemorrages | ||
*'Erucism' inflammation around hairs, can be chronic, can cause systemic effects | |||
Train-track hemorrages | |||
==Cimex lenticularis== | ==Cimex lenticularis== | ||
*Bedbugs | |||
*Hep B carrier's | |||
==[[Myiasis]]== | |||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Microbiology (Main)]] | |||
==[[ | *[[Travel Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:ID]] | [[Category:ID]] | ||
[[Category:TropMed]] | [[Category:TropMed]] | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 1 September 2014
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"
List
African Sleeping Sickness
- Tsetse fly
- Winterbottom's sign: posterior cervical LAD (Gambiense)
Swimmer's Itch
- Cercaria (non-human schistisomes)
- Exposed areas
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
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