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EPIDEMIOLOGY , NAME OF THE DISEASE
TRICHINELLOSIS- TRICHINOSIS
DISTRIBUTION
COSMOPOLITAN INFECTION; ZOONOSIS , AFFECTING 11 MILLION PEOPLE
MOST COMMON WAYS OF INFECTION
A
BY EATING MEAT
YOU HAVE TO COOK WELL THE MEAT
SYPTOMATOLOLY (FACTORS OF WHICH IT DEPENDS)
NUMBER OF LARVA, FREQUENCY OF CONSUMPTION, AND THE RESISTANCE
1- INCUBATION PERIOD
2- ACUTE PHASE
3- CHRONIC PHASE
INCUBATION PERIOD (INTESTINE)
FOOD TOXIC INFECTION
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE DIARRHEA,
ACUTE PHASE (MIGRATION)
PATOGNOMIC SIGN
LARVA MIGRATE TO THE INTESTINE, IN THIS CASE,WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT A TYPICAL SIGN OF THE DISEASE; CIRCUM-OVAL PALPEBRAL EDEMA AFFECTING BOTH EYES
MYALGIA, FEVER, DIARRHEA, FACIAL EDEMA
CHRONIC PHASE (MUSCLE)
DEATH there’s a continuos muscular pain in muscles, you have a high sensitivity to pressure.
DIAGNOSIS
DIRECT :
YOU CAN ASK THE PERSON AND KNWO IF HE HAS BEEN TAKING, THE NORMAL IS TO USE A DIRECT METHOD OF DIAGNOSISI, WE CAN TRY TO REAH TO DETECT SPECIALLY FEMALES. THE FEAMLES ARE NOT GOING TO PREODUCE EGGES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE EGGS TO BE DETECTED.
1º PHASSE (INTESTINE)
2º PHASE (MIGRATION)- HIGH AMOUNT OF EOSINOPHIIA
INDIRECT (MIGRATION)
ELISA , IFI, AGGLUTINATION, PRECIPITATION
TREATMENT
ABENDAZOL
MEBENDAZOL
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CORTICOSTEROIDS
PROPHILAXIS
AVOID TO EAT CONTAMINATED MEAT
AVOID TO KILL; MATANZA WIHOUT A VETERINARY