Parasitic Disease

Parasitic Disease

A parasitic malady is a communicable disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Several parasites don't cause diseases. Parasitic diseases will have an effect on all living organisms, as well as plants and mammals. The study of parasitic diseases is named parasitology.

Symptoms

Symptoms may mimic anemia or a hormone deficiency. Parasites are responsible for many ill health conditions including diarrhoea, gastrointestinal upset, vaginal irritation, joint pain, nervous diseases, immune dysfunction and chronic fatigue. Long term, undetected infestation can cause many systemic problems.

Statistics

Intestinal parasites are a frequent condition, 7 out of 10 Mexicans can have intestinal parasites. Mortality from infectious diseases decreased by 56% among men and by 62% among women.