WORMS LICE & SCABIES, GROSSEST HEALTH ISSUES Worms, lice and scabies are listed as infestation caused by large parasites which attack human body for food, shelter and reproduction. Poor hygiene and overcrowding are main causes for the infection. The best way to prevent parasitic infestation is taking care of body hygiene, precaution while consuming food and proper toileting procedures. Treatment consists of treating the affected individual and his or her family members who share the house hold. Let us now see each one of these grossest health issues separately. Worm infestation. There are many kinds of worms such as pin worm, tape worm, dog worm, hook worm and cat worm. These are parasites which need a human host to fulfill their life cycle partially or completely. How does it spread? Worm infestation spreads easily by many ways. It can either spread from one person to other directly; in others the eggs undergo some kind of maturity before it affects the host. In some the parasite spends a part of its life cycle in the soil before it becomes infective to the host. It mostly spreads by fecal contamination of food. What happens when the egg, larvae or the worm enters the host? It enters the host either by oral route or through the skin, on entering the host the eggs hatch out into larvae and migrates to various parts of the human body and produce the signs and symptoms. How common is the infestation? Even though it is an international health issue it affects the tropical countries more than other countries. More than a billion people world-wide are affected by worm infestation. It has no racial, gender predilection. It affects all races and genders equally. Pinworm affects children more than the adults. Public awareness is one way ... ... middle of paper ... ... % of the hatched eggs survive to as larvae which burrows separately to form more tiny blebs. The larvae molt and become nymphs which molt again before becoming adult How is it treated? There are special lotions which only doctor can prescribe. It is applied below the neck after a bath and left for a night and the next day it is washed of in the shower. Usual treatment is once a week application for two weeks. These lotions have toxic chemicals Primethirin and Malathion and so the instructions given should be followed meticulously. It should not be applied in the face, mouth and eyes. Even after the treatment the symptoms may go on for a month until the allergic reaction subsides. How to prevent these gross health issues? Practicing good hygiene, taking shower daily, not using personal items belonging to others and seeking doctors’ advice as soon as symptoms arise.
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The most common way this disease is transmitted from one animal to the next is through mosquitoes. A mosquito carrying infective heartworm larvae bites a dog and transmits the infection to them. The larvae grow, develop, and migrate in the body over a period of 6 to 7 months, in which time they become sexually mature male and female worms. this is the prepatent period. The worms then reside in the heart, lungs, and associated blood vessels. The worms begin to mate and release microfilaria into the blood stream. When a mosquito bites an infected dog it takes in some of the microfilaria in the blood. After 10 to 30 days there is larvae in the mosquito’s salivary gland which can then be passed on to the next dog the mosquito bites.
Schistosomiasis is a parasite. This parasite is a worm that you get through contaminated water. Urine and feces usually contaminate the water. The worm goes in to your body and migrates to the bladder, rectum, liver, lungs, spleen, intestines and some veins. After the worm migrates to these places this is where it matures and lays its eggs. The disease has the ability to lay two thousand to three thousand eggs per day and can live for twenty years. There are five different kind of Schistosomiasis that effect humans, these different kinds are; S. mansoni, S. Heamatobium, S. japonicum, S. intercalatum and S. mekongi. There are also other kinds of Schistosomiasis that occasionally infect humans, there are; S. bovis, S. mathei, and some avian schistosomes.
Even though the bubonic plague can not be transmitted among humans, it was the most common of the three plagues. The bubonic plague occurs when fleas feed on the blood of infected rodents, which are usually rats (Poland 1). The bacterium that causes the infection is known as Yersenia Pestis. The fleas then pass the bacteria when they bite a human or when materials infected with Yersenia pestis directly enters the body through a wound. The names of this plague come from the swellings, also known as buboes, that appeared on a victim’s neck, armpits, or groin (Gottfried,1).The lymph nodes suddenly become painful and swollen with pus especially in the groin. Later, the skin splits and oozes pus and blood. Blood also comes out of the victim’s urine which, like the rest of the symptoms, smells horribly. These swellings (also known as tumors) could be as small as an egg or as big as an apple. Even though some people survived this disease, others would have a life expectancy of a week.
This paper tells about different methods as to which parasites enter the body. Each parasite is unique as to what problems they cause or diseases they carry. Some of these parasites can prove fatal unless treated, and if they are not treated carefully, they could still complicate an individual’s health. This paper also includes the places these parasites thrive and as to how to treat these parasites. Although most of these parasites are treatable, the treatment required is completely dependent upon what stage the parasites have progressed to. Some parasites are accompanied by a disease and are therefore not the primary health risk of getting infected. Nevertheless, if left untreated all of these parasites can host the body for large periods of time, which can lead to prolonged illness. Most of these parasites are found in third world countries, but under the right conditions can be found in the United States of America.
Good hygiene practices are also promoted to help prevent impetigo. Steps as simple as washing hands and showering regularly can reduce the chances of coming across this bacteria. Also, doctors encourage special attention given to areas with a broken barrier of protection. These areas are advised to be kept extra clean and away from possible transmitters of Impetigo.
This disease may be on the brink of being eradicated entirely but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the grossest things that anyone has ever seen. The parasite enters the body via unsafe drinking water. When people drink water infected with water fleas that have have been hosting the larvae of the parasite. There are no symptoms, to begin with, but about one year later, blisters on the feet or legs begin to develop and then the adult fully developed worm crawls out of the host body over a period of a few weeks. It’s said that the pain is intense and can incapacitate a person for weeks at a time. The pain can also continue for months after the infection. The parasite needs to infect a person at least once a year in order to continue. There were an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 but the disease has been greatly reduced over time and only 22 cases were reported in 2015. This disease will probably be the first parasitic disease to be completely eradicated in humans.
Once your dog is infected with the parasitic worm the mosquito bites the next dog and the cycle continues. (Administration, Animal and Veterinary)
inside the host it is living in, and the eggs are excreted with the host’s feces.
• Wash your hands thoroughly before and after preparing food and after using the bathroom. Make sure people who live with you wash their hands often too. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer.
Medical asepsis plays an integral role in infection control within a health care facility. It includes procedures used to decrease and prevent direct contact with blood or bodily fluids and emphasizes keeping the environment clean on a regular basis (Curchoe, Astle, & Hobbs, 2014). In order to achieve optimal health, individuals depend on practices and techniques that control and ultimately prevent the transmission of infection. These practices and techniques can help avoid the transmission of infections by creating an environment that protects both health care workers and patients from communicable diseases. Good hand hygiene has been stressed as the single most important measure to prevent cross-infection to patients in health care facilities
In order for you to understand how Echinococcus works. You have to understand how it is transmitted into your system and begins infecting you. Echinococcus goes through several different steps on how it is developed and then transmitted to other hosts. The adult echinococcus tapeworm is about 5 mm long and lives in the small intestines of dogs and another canine species such as coyotes, wolves and foxes. The stage where a cyst begins usually occurs in intermediate hosts; typically sheep’s but they can also affect cattle’s, horses, camels, pigs and goats and many others. Tapeworm eggs are passed by the feces of infected dogs and then are digested by grazing sheep’s. These eggs then hatch into the embryos within the intestines, and then penetrate the intestines to be carried by the blood to major organs such as the liver and lungs. This larval stage of the parasite is called an oncosphere. The larval stage spreads by the bloodstream to target organs and other parts of the body, such as liver, lungs, ...
The mode of transmission is primarily person-to-person contact. Newly emerged impregnated females will crawl onto the uninfected person. The mite will hold onto the skin using suckers attached to the two most anterior pairs of legs. They will then burrow into the skin. Transmission may also occur via fomites (e.g., bedd...
Pubic lice is caused by being transmitted through sex, and can be caught with dirty sheets or towels or clothes, etc. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pubic-lice-crabs/symptoms-causes/dxc-20165548 It is spread through sexual activity and using other peoples things like blankets and towels before they are washed.