Stool Parasites
Intestinal parasites cause significant morbidity and mortality. Diseases caused by Enterobius vermicularis, Giardia lamblia, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Entamoeba histolytica occur in the United States. E. vermicularis, or pinworm, causes irritation and sleep disturbances. Diagnosis can be made using the “cellophane tape test.” Treatment includes mebendazole and household sanitation. Giardia causes nausea, vomiting, malabsorption, diarrhea, and weight loss.
Stool ova and parasite studies are diagnostic. Treatment includes metronidazole. Sewage treatment, proper handwashing, and consumption of bottled water can be preventive. A. duodenale and N. americanus are hookworms that cause blood loss, anemia, pica, and wasting.
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Recommended Sessions
- Advances in Parasite Medications
- Approaches: Parasitic Disease Control
- Blood Parasites
- Brain Parasites
- Experimental Immunoparasitology
- Eye Parasites
- Fish Parasitic Diseases
- Malaria Research
- Medical Parasitology
- Parasite Remedies
- Parasite Treatments
- Parasitic Diseases:Health Professionals
- Parasitic Worms
- Parasitology
- Pathogenesis and Immunity
- Skin Parasites
- Stool Parasites
- Structural and Molecular Parasitology
- Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens in Tropical Veterinary Medicine
- Tropical Medicine Parasitology
- Vector-Borne Viral Diseases
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Water Parasites