Nematodes

Roundworms

Roundworms


L. M.
This flashcard set covers advanced medical topics related to nematode infections, focusing on various stages of larvae, adult worms, and their impact on human health. It delves into specific infections like Loa Loa, pinworm, and Trichinella spiralis, highlighting symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. The set is particularly useful for university students and medical professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of parasitic infections and their clinical manifestations.
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45
Utilisateurs
5
Langue
Anglais
Catégorie
Médecine
Niveau
Université
Créé / Mis à jour
15.11.2016 / 11.01.2017

Cartes-fiches

Nematodes generally are:

Name characterstics of appearence:

unsegmented, elongate, cylindrical, bilaterally symetrical

The Nematode male is:

The body surface of Nematodes is covered by:

elastic cuticle

adults of Ascaria Lumbricoides is usually found in:

The second-stage larvae of Ascaris Lumbricoides:

L2 stage larva of Ascaris Lumbricoides reach lungs by pulmonary artery after about ....

Ascaria Lumbriocoides live in adult stage in the Ilium for about:

Ascariosis is ..% symtomless

First clinical signs of ascariosis (Loeffler´s syncrome):

Serious complication of ascariosis

intestinal obstruction

In children ascariasis can cause:

The adult forms of Ascaria L. may be seen...

Enterobius Vermicularis / Pinworm is a cosmopolitan parasite and one of the most common human helminths with an estimated 1000 million infected persons in the world, certainly in temperate climate. Children (esp. early school-age) are most at risk.

The adults are located in...

Gravid female migrates out of anus in evening or night and lays numerous sticky eggs on perianal and perineal skin and dies after it.

Species:

Eggs of Pinworms (E.V.) include:

Eggs of Pinworm (E. V.) hatch in:

Young adults of Pinworms move down to the colon, attach to the mucosa and become mature in...

Enterobiosis :

Enterobiosis is the infection with... and can be diagnosed by...

Trichuris Trichura / human whipworm is a cosmopolitan parasite, more common in warm humid countries, with 800-1300 million cases in the world. The adult usually occures in the .... but may be present in the ....

The thin ... end of Trichuris Trichiura is embedded in the mucosa and much wider ... end occures in the lumen of the ....

Trichuris Trichiura females lay about 2-200 eggs daily. The eggs are passed in faeces. In moist soil they become infective in ... After ingestion, the ... laravae hatch in the small intestine, after 2 moults they mature and establish themselves as adults in the colon.

Trichiuriosis:

Trichuris Trichiura  eggs:

Strongyloides is occures in:

Only female Strongyloides Stercoralis live embedded in the mucosa of the small intestine. In light infections occure .... In heavy infections ....

Strongyloides :

Mark the true answers.

Strongyloides:

Infective stage of Strongyloides Stercoralis:

filariform larvae

First stage larvae of Strongyloides Stercoralis:

rhabditiform larvae

In Strongyloidosis, lesions in the gluteal region indicate that .... is occuring.

autoinfection

Manifestation of Strongyloidosis includes:

Trichinella Spiralis infections are particularly important for:

Trichinella Spiralis enters the body via:

The uterus of mature female is filled with 1st stage larvae. Larvae are deposited in mucosa and reach active skeletal muscles, traveling by lymphatics and blood vessels. After reaching and penetrating the musce larvae grow and coil into 2nd stage larvae after about 20 days after infection.

This life cycle belongs to:

Diagnosis of Trichinellosis:

in heavy infections of Trichinellosis, death is more likely between 4-8th weeks, from...

Illness with neausea, vomiting, watery diarrhoea, followed by pyrexia (38-40°C) are Symtoms for:

In Loa Loa adults are found in:

subcutaneous connective tissues

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