Trematodes of Minor Importance Flashcards

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Sheep Liver Fluke

Humans are infected by eating WATERCRESS or other aquatic plants

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Fasciola hepatica

  • RUQ pain, hepatomegaly
  • obstructibe jaundice

TRICLABENDAZOLE

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PAINFUL PHARYNGITIS caused by the presence of adult flukes on the posterior pharyngeal wall

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HALZOUN

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Giant intestinal fluke

Intestinal parasite of HUMANS and PIGS that is ENDEMIC to Asia and India

AQUATIC VEGETATION

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Fasciolopsis buski

  • d.t. damage of the intestinal mucosa by the adult fluke
  • ulceration, abscess formation and hemorrhage
  • GLAND ABSCESS
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Anasarca and Coma resulting from accumulation of toxins

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WORM INTOXICATION

PRAZIQUANTEL

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Intestinal parasite of people living in Africa, Middle East and Asia who are infected by eating RAW FISH CONTAINING CYSTS

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Heterophyses heterohyses

  • d.t. inflammation of intestinal epithelium
  • MIMICS PUD

PRAZIQUANTEL

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