Question | Answer |
What are teh different schistosoma species? | Haemotolium (bladder), Mansoni (bowel), Japonicum (bowel) |
What are teh clinical manifestations of acute schisto? | Swimmers itch Katayama fever (Chills, fever, sweating, cough, hepatosplenomegaly, lmphadenopathy) |
What are teh chornic urinary complications of schisto? | usually haemotobium, causes heamturia, mass bladder lesions, bladder cancers |
What are teh chronic intestinal complications of schisto? | Hepatosplenic disease(pipe stem fibrosis)seizures disorders (S. Japonicum) |
How do you distinguish the eggs in schisto? | Japanicom are small, s. haemotobium are medium, S. Mansoni are like africa(big) |
How do you get schisto? | Snails, swimming |
Name 3 intestinal tapeworms | Diphyloobithrium latum, Taenia saginata, Taenia solium |
Diphyloobothrium is from what? | Fish |
Taenia Saginata is from what? | Beef |
Taenia Solium is from what? | Pork |
What is the only extraintestinal worm? | Echinococcus granulosus. |
Describe life cycle of diphyloobothrium latum | Egg feces - water - fish - we eat fish |
What are the general symptoms of tapeworms? | Abdominal discomfort, weight loss, malnutrition, B12 deficiency (Fishy one - lathum) |
Describe the life cycle of Taenia solium and sagnita | Cows eat - goes to meat/muscle - we eat - inside intestines |
What are teh dangerous complications of Taenia Solium? | Cysterosis, Neurocysterois which are swiss cheese lesions in brain |
What are teh common symptoms in neurocystoserosis? | Seizures, headache, nausea, vomitting, altered mental status |
What are teh symptoms of echinococcus granuloma? | Hepatic cyst, pulmonary cyst |
How may you get trichenella spiralis? | Eating infected pork |
Where does Trichenella Spiralis go? | Usually you find it inside muscle |
What are the cardinal features of trichenella spiralis? | Fever, periorbital/facial edema, myalgia, eosinophilliathorugh mosquitoes |
Where does W. Bancrofit usually effect? | lymphatics |
What diseases do you get from w. bancrofit? | elephantitis, hypergonadism |
How is w. bancrofti transmitted? | mosquitoes |
How is onchoecerca volvulus transmitted? | via simulation blackflies |
Which are teh 2 organs that onchocerra affects most? | Eyes and skin |