Parasitic diseases: Difference between revisions
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*[[Lice]] | *[[Lice]] | ||
*[[Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)]] | *[[Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)]] | ||
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==[[African Sleeping Sickness]]== | ==[[African Sleeping Sickness]]== | ||
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*Mature worm migrates across eye | *Mature worm migrates across eye | ||
==Trichinosis== | ==[[Trichinosis]]== | ||
*Trichinella spiralis | *Trichinella spiralis | ||
*Splinter hemorrhages | *Splinter hemorrhages | ||
*Pork, polar bear, walrus | *Pork, polar bear, walrus | ||
==M. Opercularis== | ==[[M. Opercularis]]== | ||
*Wolly caterpillar | *Wolly caterpillar | ||
*Train-track hemorrages | *Train-track hemorrages | ||
*'Erucism' inflammation around hairs, can be chronic, can cause systemic effects | *'Erucism' inflammation around hairs, can be chronic, can cause systemic effects | ||
==Cimex lenticularis== | ==[[Cimex lenticularis]]== | ||
*Bedbugs | *[[Bedbugs]] | ||
*Hep B carrier's | *Hep B carrier's | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 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