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| The human being becomes a host through one of four pathways |
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- contaminated food and water
- transmitted by a vector
-sexually transmitted
-inhalation |
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| Parasites, especially, protozoa produce a certain hormone... |
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| produces a prostaglandin (hormone-like substances found in various human tissues) which creates a sodium and chloride loss that leads to frequent watery stools. |
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| restlessness and anxiety. |
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| Parasites create damage to the host's body in six ways ... |
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1. destroys cells in the body faster than cells can be regenerated
2. produce toxic substances that are harmful to the body
3. parasites irritate the tissues of the body, inducing inflammatory reactions
4. produce dermatitis, during their developmental stage they damage the intestinal lining
5. the size and/or weight of the parasitic cysts, if they are located in the brain, spine, eye, heart, or bones producing pressure that effects on these organs creating obstructions of organs.
6. parasites depress the immune systems function while activating the immune response, leading to immune system exhaustion. |
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| they are one-celled microscopic organisms, invisible to the naked eye. |
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| Certain virulent amoebas who use tap water for sterilizing contact lenses can cause ... |
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| rheumatoid arthritis and whole host of collagen-related diseases |
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| there are four kinds of plasmodium which are ... |
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| a one-celled protozoa, that infects humans and causes the disease called malaria. |
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| Toxoplasmosis can be misdiagnosed as ... |
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| larger parasites, commonly known as worms. |
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| The most common intestinal parasite in the world is ... |
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| the large roundworm known as Ascaris lumbricoides |
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| Ascaris is more commonly found in ... |
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| tropical and subtropical areas, especially in Asia because of the use of night soil as fertilizer. |
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| Strongyloides produce auto-infections in the host and can remain the body for ... |
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| ... more than thirty years. |
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| Trichinella are tiny roundworms that can become ... |
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| ... enclosed in a cyst inside the muscles of bears, walrus or pigs. |
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| ... invade the bloodstream and lymphatic with pronounced effects ranging from simple fever and lymph node infection to deformities like elephantiasis of the legs, arms, scrotum and breasts. |
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| Scientific name for dog heartworm |
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| Fish tapeworm can consume ... |
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| 80-100 percent of the host's vitamin B-12. |
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| leaf-shaped flatworms also known as flukes. |
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| begins when larvae are released into freshwater by infected snails. |
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| Spirochetes are a breed of parasites that ... |
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| have always existed but are new to us since the development of the electron microscope. |
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| Where are most parasites found in humans? |
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| Colon and small intestines |
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| Fibromyalgia is caused by ... |
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| trichinellas, Ascaris larvae or hookworms are the main causes for this. |
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| Wheat allergy is due to ... |
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| the pancreas being full of pancreatic flukes while Crohn's is related to liver and pancreatic flukes. |
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| Asthma is associated with which parasite ... |
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| If the kidneys are clogged then the ... |
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| breasts become dumping sites for toxins. |
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| Diabetes is caused from ... |
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| parasitic flukes that comes from cattle. |
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| pinworms, Ascaris or perhaps dog tapeworms. |
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| Multiple Sclerosis and Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis are two auto-immune diseases with a connection to any one ... |
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| fluke parasites that reach the brain or spinal cord and begin to multiply. |
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| Depression and other mental illnesses can trace effects connected to ... |
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| small roundworms or hookworms found in the brain. |
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| What is the difference between a vermifuge and vermicide |
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vermicide kills
vermifuge repels |
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| When should you not use the zapper? |
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| pregnancy and when someone has a pacemaker |
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| Type O's are the predominant sufferers of ... |
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| auto-immune disorders such as arthritis. |
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| continuous and unconscious grinding of teeth. |
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| of or pertaining to the skin. |
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| a capsule that surrounds and protects the larval stage of some parasites. |
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| infection in the lower intestinal tract that causes pain, fever, and severe diarrhea. |
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| parasites that live on the body (mites and tics). |
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| inflammation of the brain |
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| prevalent in or unique to a particular place or a particular people. |
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| the study of causes or origins of disease. |
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| abnormal enlargement of the liver |
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| the earliest stage of a newly hatched insect, often wormlike |
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| the inner, open space in an organ |
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| inflammation of the kidneys |
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| of or resembling pigs or swine. |
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| infection caused by the Schistosoma parasitic worm often found in water contaminated with human waste |
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| material brought up from the lungs and coughed out |
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| intestinal obstruction caused by abnormal twisting |
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