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Helminths
Parasitic worms needing hosts, humans.
3 kinds of Helminths
1. Cestodes
2. Nematodes
3. Trematodes
Cestodes
"Tapeworms"
Taenia. Solium (beef)
T. saginata (pork)
Nematodes
"Roundworms"
1 - A. lumbricoides
2 - Enterobius vernicularis (pruritis)
3 - Strongyloides stercolaris (swimmer's itch)
Trematodes
"Flukes"
Clonorchis Sinensis
Ascaris Lumbricoides
Nematode.
Female > Male. Male - hook tale.
Eggs hatch in intestines --> bloodstream --> lungs --> esophagus --> sm intestines
Disease = Ascariasis
Found feces
Symptoms of Ascariasis
Diarrhea, vomiting, malabsorption
pneumonia, weight loss, cough
Found in feces
Contamination: food/water w/ eggs
Enterobius vermicularis
"Pinworm"
Adult female has pin shape
Infection = Enterobiasis
Diagnostic: Tape Test
Common in children
Female goes into anal region releases eggs.
Symptoms of Enterobiasis
Anal itchiness, diarrhea, vomitingCause: Ingest food/drink/objects with eggs (fomites)
Can the host of Enterobiasis be reinfected?
Yes! More scratching = release eggs more on other items; airborne = host infected by the eggs
Strongyloides larvae
"Threadworm"
(Nematode/Roundworm 3)
Stage of infection - Larvae
Enters system -> lungs -> throat
sm intestines --> released into feces
Infection: Strongyloidiasis
Symptoms of strongyloidiasis
Itchy in the area it entered, chest pains, abdominal pain
Usu. patients are asymptomatic
Juvenile strongyloides found in soil or contaminated water
Clonorchis sinensis
"Chinese liver fluke"
(Trematode/Fluke)
Infection: Clonorchiasis
Symptoms of clonorchiasis
Hepatitis (overgrowth = obstruction of bile duct)
Cause: Host ingests food infected with eggs; fish/shellfish; sushi
Taenia types?
Tapeworm/Cestode
Solium - pork
Saginata - beef
How does infection with Taenia occur?
Egg on beef ingested.
Sm. intestine reproduction
Eggs released in feces
Stage of infection - Adult (scolex)
Symptoms of Taeniasis
Diarrhea, malabsorption
Name the two types of Cestodes?
What's another name for them?
T. solium
T. saginata
Tapeworms
Name the 3 kinds of Nematodes?
Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius Vermicularis
Strongyloides stercolaris
Name the one kind of Trematode?
Clonorchis Sinensis
What's the infection caused by Taenia's? Stage? Found where?
Taeniasis. Egg/Adult. Feces
What's the infection caused by C. Sinensis? Stage? Found where?
Clonorchiasis
Ova
Feces
What's the infection caused by A. Lumbricoides?
Ascariasis
Ova
Feces
What's the infection caused by E. Vermicularis?
Enterobiasis
Ova
From Perianal region (scotchtape test)
What's infection caused by S. stercolaris?
Strongyloidiasis
Larvae
feces
What's the symptoms of Taeniasis?
Diarrhea, malabsorption
Symptoms for Clonorchiasis?
Hepatitis
Symptoms of Ascariasis?
Diarrhea, vomiting, malabsorption
pneumonia, weight loss, cough
Symptoms of Enterobiasis?
Itching, diarrhea, vomiting
Symptoms of strongyloidiasis?
Itchy in the area it entered, chest pains, abdominal pains
Asymptomatic patients
Shape of E. Vermicularis egg
Oval shape, flat border, little belly
Shape of C. Sinensis egg
Operculum. Tiny irregular shoulder appearance. Thick egg