Trichuris Trichiura Flashcards
Common Name:
Whipworm
STH?
Yes
EPIDEMIOLOGY
_________distribution
Common in ______ regions (warm, moist environment), poor sanitation
Present in temperate zone
______million infected worldwide
_____years old: most commonly affected
Worldwide
tropical
604-795
5-15
somatic muscle arrangement of TT
Holomyarian
Habitat of TT
colon, cecum
Color of TT
Flesh or pinkish slender nematode
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Anterior end:
Attenuated anterior three-fifths traversed by a narrow esophagus resembling a string of beads
Secrete a pore-forming protein called_____ → embed into the intestinal wall
TT47
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Posterior end
Robust two-fifths containing intestine and single set of reproductive organs
Male: coiled with____ spicule and retractile sheath
Female: blunt
Lays __________eggs/day
single
3,000-10,000
shaped like?
with plug-like translucent hyaline and refractile polar prominences
Lemon- or barrel- or football
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Embryonic development in the environment (____weeks)
2-3
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LAYERS OF SHELL
outermost layer, smooth, yellow-brown color
middle
innermost, transparent
Bile-stained layer
Albuminous layer
Chorionic layer
What nematode?
Soon after embryonated eggs are ingested, larvae escape and penetrate the intestinal villi where they remain for 3-10 days
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Trichuris trichiura
4 larval stages:
Heart-lung migration?
Diagnostic stage:
Infective stage:
12 weeks
No heart-lung migration
Unembryonated egg & adult worms
Embryonated egg
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PARTHENOGENESIS & CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Intestinal petechial hemorrhages
Intestinal bleeding is common
Acute appendicitis
Rectal prolapse in heavy chronic trichuriasis
Anterior portions embedded in the mucosa
Predispose to amoebic dysentery
Intestinal petechial hemorrhages
Lumen of appendix is filled with worms
Acute appendicitis