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Helminthic GI Infections Flashcards

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What is the scientific name for the fish tapeworm

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Does ascaris lumbricoides cause a lot of tissue damage?

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No, but they produce a fuck ton of eggs each day and deplete nutrients, occlude ducts, cause blockages etc

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What is the most common helminthic disease in the US

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Enterobiasis

โ€ฆ.pinworms

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What is the head structure on tapeworms called

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Scolex. (Helps them stick to target tissue)

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What organism causes clonorchoriasis?

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Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke)

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What organism causes ascariasis

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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How many multiplication cycles does strongyloides stercoralis have?

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2!
One in host (parasitic)

One in soil (free living)

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What organism causes diphyllobothriasis?

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Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

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What is the only definitive host of taenia solium/saginata?

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Humans ๐Ÿ˜‹

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Can strongyloides multiply outside a host?

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Yes

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What do hookworms eat? ๐Ÿ˜‹

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Blood from intestinal mucosa

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What is the life cycle of trichuris trichiura?

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  1. You eat EBRYONATED eggs
  2. Larvae are released in duodenum
  3. They mature in your colon
  4. You poop them out into soil
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How long can enterobius vermicularis eggs survive in indoor environments?

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2-3 weeks

๐Ÿ›Œ wash your sheets ใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธ

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What is the lifecycle of diphyllobothrium latum?

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  1. You eat sushi that has larvae in it ๐Ÿฃ
  2. Larvae develop in your jejunum and put eggs in your poop
  3. Your poop goes to fresh water where the eggs hatch and larvae are eaten by crustaceans ๐Ÿฆ
  4. A fish eats that crustacean and the larvae are in the muscle of that fish for you to eat! ๐Ÿฝ
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Can hookworm larvae penetrate skin?

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Yes ๐Ÿ’€ kill me

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What is the scientific name for whipworm?

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Trichuris trichiura

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Can strongyloidiasis be a life-threatening infection?

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It can be for people no cell-mediated immunity. Like AIDS patients.

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What can happen if you have a heavy infection of trichuris trichiura?

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Painful pooping

Rectal prolapse

Growth retardation/anemia

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How do you diagnose diphyllobothriasis?

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Eggs in stool

Or just finding a 30 foot worm

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How many hosts do trematodes have?

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Three:
2 intermediate hosts

1 definitive host

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Is autoinfection common in strongyloidiasis?

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Yes, very.

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What kind of hookworm larvae penetrates your skin?

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Filariform**

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Where do adult clonorchis sinensis flukes live?

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In your biliary ducts ๐Ÿ’š

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What is the lifecycle of necator americanus and ancyolostoma duodenale?

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  1. Filariform(infective stage) larvae penetrate your skin and travel to your lungs
  2. They penetrate your alveoli and travel up your trachea to your throat where you swallow them
  3. Larvae mature in your duodenum (hence the nameโ€ฆ.)
  4. Adult worms produce eggs that mature and hatch in SOIL
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What are nematodes?
Roundworms
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What is the other name for flukes
Trematodes
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What do the eggs of trichuris trichiura look like?
They are pinched at either end with โ€œegg capsulesโ€
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What is the lifecycle of enterobius vermicularis?
1. You eat the eggs 2. They hatch in the colon 3. They grow into adults for 2 months 4. The pregnant female migrate to your asshole at night and lays eggs 5. You itch your asshole and get the eggs under your nails and then go about your day re eating them or spreading them to other people๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป
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How do you diagnose strongyloidiasis?
Look for strongyloides stercoralis LARVAE in stool sample/duodenal aspirate/sputum
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What is the largest intestinal nematodes of humans?
Ascaris lumbricoides
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What determines the extent of ascariasis disease?
The number of worms you have The damage usually comes from blockages caused by the worms themselves
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What is the life cycle of clonorchoriasis sinensis?
1. You eat the larvae (metacercariae) when you eat sushi ๐Ÿฃ 2. Larvae squirm their way to your bile ducts where they mature 3. You poop out eggs 4. Aquatic snails eat them ๐Ÿš 5. Larvae (cercariae)are released from the snail 6. Cercariae encyst under the scales or in the flesh of fish ๐ŸŸ
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What organisms cause taeniasis?
Tapeworms (Taenia solium Taenia saginata)
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What are the 2 scientific names for hookworms?
Necator americanus Ancylostoma duodenale
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How does the diphyllobothrium latum tapeworm release its eggs?
One at a time | Not in proglottids like its pig and cow counterparts
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What are proglottids?
The egg-filled segments of cow and pork tapeworms (taenia) that get released into the environment
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What is the scientific name for a pinworm infection?
Enterobiasis (Pinworm disease) The worm is called enterobius vermicularis
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What is the lifecycle of ascaris lumbricoides?
1. You eat the eggs 2. Larvae are released in duodenum 3. Larvae penetrate mucosa, enter the bloodstream, and go to the lungs 4. Larvae penetrate the alveoli, and you cough them up and swallow them 5. They grow up in your duodenum and start making eggs 6. You poop out the eggs into soil, where they become infective after a few weeks 7. Adult worms can live in you for 2 years ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
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Which kind of tapeworm is in pigs?
Taenia solium | Like sodium, which bacon has a lot of ๐Ÿฅ“
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What kind of symptoms do people with clonorchoriasis have?
Mostly asymptomatic
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How do you diagnose taeniasis infections?
- Presence of eggs or proglottids in stool sample - CT might show lesions from cysticercosis - histological demonstration
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What worm causes trichuriasis?
Trichuris trichiura
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What is โ€œground itchโ€?
Blood filled, itchy lesions at the site where the filariform larvae of hookworms (A.d. and N.a) penetrated your skin
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What kind of worm causes strongyloidiasis?
Strongyloides stercoralis
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How do you diagnose trichuris trichiura?
Eggs in stool sample | Characteristic shape: pinched on either end with egg capsules
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Which kind of worm has two multiplication cycles and can multiply in a host or in the soil?
Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworms)
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What is the scientific name for threadworms?
Strongyloides stercoralis
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What form of the diphyllobothrium latum tapeworm do YOU eat?
Larvae
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What kind of signs and symptoms will you have with strongyloidiasis?
- problems related to larval migration (tracks on skin) | - intestinal- everything you name it
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What is the lifecycle of strongyloides stercoralis? (Threadworms)
1. Infective larvae penetrate your skin 2. Travel through bloodstream to your lungs 3. You cough them up and then swallow them 4. Larvae mature in the duodenum 5. Adult worms reproduce and female releases LARVAE*** into your poop (not eggs) 6. The larvae can then multiply in the soil *(free living) or get into someone elseโ€™s skin and reproduce there
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What determines the extent of disease when you have trichuriasis?
Worm burden
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What is the scientific name for the Chinese liver fluke?
Clonorchis sinensis
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What is the lifecycle of taenia solium and taenia saginata?
1. Cow or pig eats eggs 2. Cysticerci larvae develop in muscle 3. You eat an undercooked steak 4. The cysticercus develops into an adult tapeworm in your jejunum 5. He releases proglottids (segments) into your poop ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
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When you treat your revolting toddler for his enterobius vermicularis infection, what else do you need to do?
Treat everyone else in the house Make sure everybody is washing their hands ๐Ÿ›
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What vitamin will you compete with your fish tapeworm for?
B12 These worms are really big....12 meters....thats 39 feet lol
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How do you diagnose enterobius vermicularis infections?
Put a piece of scotch tape on your asshole before you go to bed and then look for worms or eggs on it when you wake up Thereโ€™s literally no other test lol
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What causes cycticercosis?
If you eat a taenia solium (pork tapeworm) EGG, it can then go live wherever it wants in your body! Likes to live in your eyes and brain ๐Ÿง  Gives you blindness and seizures ๐Ÿคก
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How do you get clonorchoriasis?
Ingestion of LARVAE from fish!!!!! | Raw, smoked, pickled, salt-cured, and dried
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What is the scientific name for pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis
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What are the 2 soil-transmitted nematodes (roundworms) we talked about?
Ascaris lumbricoides Trichuris trichuria

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