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Parasitic Disease
Disease Parasitic

Presentation

Immunological techniques present the advantages of being applicable during all periods of the disease, but fundamentally during the invasive or acute period, as well as to other situations in which coprological techniques may present problems. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gastrointestinal

  • Diarrhea

    There were 2 cases of parasitic infection: Entamoeba histolytica in an asymptomatic 6-year-old and Giardia intestinalis in a 7-year-old with diarrhea. In neither case was there any secondary spread. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

    The symptoms are typically, watery diarrhea, abdominal cramping, bloating and alternating periods of constipation. Symptoms generally begin a week or so after ingestion of the contaminated item and typically last for several weeks. [dhhr.wv.gov]

    The CDC says the infection can make "healthy people sick for up to three weeks with watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, or vomiting, and can lead to dehydration." [aol.com]

    However, extreme cases may cause weight loss, dehydration from chronic diarrhea, symptoms which mimic pneumonia, anemia, fatigue, Lyme disease from ticks, Malaria from mosquitoes, or a host of uncomfortable bowel syndromes. [medicalook.com]

    Here are some of the common parasitic disease symptoms: 2 Itching, redness and irritation around the site of infection Diarrhea Gas Upset stomach Greasy stools Dehydration Stomach cramps Swollen lymph nodes Muscle aches and pains Most parasitic diseases [curesdecoded.com]

Workup

Since malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum can be severe and cause complications, prompt workup and assessment of parasite burden in the blood is warranted. [clinicaladvisor.com]

X-Ray

  • Pericardial Effusion

    In amoebiasis and echinococcosis, the pericardium is the structure most frequently involved with consequent pericardial effusion, acute pericarditis, cardiac tamponade or constrictive pericarditis. [heart.bmj.com]

Treatment

Using the knowledge gained from the development of PFTIs for the treatment of cancer, researchers are currently investigating the use of PFTIs for the treatment of eukaryotic pathogens. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Refugees should receive screening and/or presumptive treatment for soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis post-arrival according to the pre-departure treatment they received. [refugeehealthta.org]

Surgical treatment – Complications related to surgical treatment require the coder to list the first-listed code has to be the complication, followed by a code for the malignant neoplasm. [universalclass.com]

Safe and effective treatments remain unavailable for most NPDs, and the PDE4NPD consortium has been established to discover novel treatments. [pde4npd.eu]

Prognosis

In cases with a deep damage of the immunological system, it may present a severe clinical picture and poor patients' prognosis, especially in persons with cancers, treated with immunosuppressive therapy, transplants recipients, and those infected with [yadda.icm.edu.pl]

Etiology

The molecular characterization of the Entamoeba species in the affected tissues underlines the importance of an etiological diagnosis using specific and sensitive techniques that avoid the rapid destruction of tissues and the irreversible sequelae to [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Antiparasitic agents and resistance -- Apicomplexa and Microsporidia -- Sarcomastigophora--the amebas -- Sarcomastigophora--the flagellates -- Intestinal nematodes -- Tissue nematodes -- Cestodes -- Trematodes -- Infectious diseases: syndromes and etiologies [worldcat.org]

P. (2001) Etiology of Gastroenteritis in Sentinel General Practices in The Netherlands. [scindeks.ceon.rs]

Epidemiology

The focus of this review is to consider the potential candidate genes that have been elucidated as part of molecular, genomic and genetic studies of parasite biology, host-parasite interactions and classic genetic epidemiology studies on parasitic disease [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pathophysiology

Internal Medicine (643) Pathology and Forensic Medicine (492) Paediatrics, Neonatology (487) Physiology and Pathophysiology (406) Infectology (342) Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry (325) Microbiology (287) Cardiology, Angiology (253) Surgery, Traumatology [portal.mefanet.cz]

Prevention

The only ways to reduce your chances of getting dengue fever in India are wearing clothing to prevent mosquito bites and using mosquito netting at night. There is currently no vaccine or drug available to prevent infection. [livestrong.com]

Prevention is especially important. There are no vaccines for parasitic diseases. Some medicines are available to treat parasitic infections. [nlm.nih.gov]

[…] hepatitis EuroMOMO European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action EURONHID European network for highly infectious disease EUVAC.NET Dedicated surveillance network for surveillance and control of vaccine preventable diseases in the EU [asset-scienceinsociety.eu]

Thus, following simple sanitation procedures, such as washing hands, cooking meat, and keeping human waste separate from humans, food supplies, pets, and livestock can prevent many diseases caused by parasites. [britannica.com]

Prevention mainly concerns measures to avoid individual infection by considering the different human infection sources. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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