Tuesday, June 23, 2020

HUMAN HEALTH -HELMINTH DISEASES

HELMINTH DISEASES

Ascariasis

  • Caused by Ascaris lumbricoides
  • Affects intestine of man.
  • Transmitted by contaminated water, vegetable fruits etc.
  • Symptoms - Internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anemia, blockage of intestinal passage.
  • Diagnosis - stool test (egg present)

Filariasis or elephantiasis

  • Caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi
  • Affects lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs, genital organs.
  • Transmitted by biting of infected female culex mosquito.
  • Symptoms- Chronic inflammation of the organs where they live, abnormal swellings of the lower limbs, scrotum, penis.

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