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The human Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura or Trichocephalus trichiuris), is a roundworm, which causes trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine. The name whipworm refers to the shape of the worm; they look like whips with wider "handles" at the posterior end. Symptoms include: File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Classes Adenophora Subclass Enoplia Subclass Chromadoria Secernentea Subclass Rhabditia Subclass Spiruria Subclass Diplogasteria The roundworms (Phylum Nematoda) are one of the most common phyla of animals, with over 20,000 different described species. ...
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Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Classes Adenophorea Subclass Enoplia Subclass Chromadoria Secernentea Subclass Rhabditia Subclass Spiruria Subclass Diplogasteria The roundworms or nematodes (Phylum Nematoda from Gr. ...
Life cycle of Trichuris trichiura. ...
In anatomy of the digestive system, the colon is the part of the intestine from the cecum to the rectum. ...
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- Light infestations are frequently asymptomatic.
- Heavy infestations may have bloody diarrhea.
- Long-standing blood loss may lead to iron-deficiency anemia.
- Rectal prolapse is possible in severe cases.
Infection occurs through accidental ingestation of eggs and is more common in warmer areas. The eggs hatch in small intestine, then move into the wall of the small intestine and develop. Upon reaching adulthood, the thinner end (the front of the worm) burrows into the large intestine and the thicker end hangs into the lumen and mates with nearby worms. The females can grow to be 50 mm long. Neither the male nor the female has much of a visible tail past the anus. Diarrhea (American English) or diarrhoea (Commonwealth English) is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery, chunky, or loose bowel movements (from the ancient Greek word διαÏÏοή = leakage; lit. ...
Bleeding is the loss of blood from the body. ...
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rectal prolapse Rectal prolapse normally describes a medical condition wherein the walls of the rectum protrude through the anus and hence become visible outside the body. ...
In anatomy, the lumen is the cavity or channel within a tube or tubular structure, such as the vascular lumen of a blood vessel, along which blood flows. ...
Parasite is detectable by stool exam, which can detect eggs and charcot-leyden crystals. Mebendazole is 90% effective in the first dose, and alendazole may also be offered as an anti-parasitic agent. Adding iron to the bloodstream helps solve the iron deficiency and rectal prolapse. Mebendazole (brand name Ovex®, Vermox® or Pripsen®) is a drug used to combat pinworms, roundworms and hookworms. ...
Whipworm commonly infects patients also infected with Giardia, Entamoeba histolitica, Ascaris lumbricoides, and hookworms. Binomial name Giardia lamblia (Kunstler, 1882) Giardia lamblia (formerly also Lamblia intestinalis) is a protozoan parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of humans. ...
Binomial name Ascaris lumbricoides Ascaris lumbricoides is a human parasitic roundworm, which causes the disease of ascariasis. ...
The hookworm is a parasite that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human. ...
Infection can be avoided by proper disposal of human feces and not eating dirt or crops fertilized with night soil. Geophagy is a practice of eating earthy substances such as clay, often to augment a mineral-deficient diet. ...
Night soil is a term most often used to describe the practice of using untreated human waste as fertilizer. ...
Dog and cat whipworms
Whipworms develop when a dog swallows whipworm eggs, passed from an infected dog. Symptoms may include diarrhea, anemia, and dehydration. The dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis) is commonly found in the U.S. It is hard to detect at times, because the numbers of eggs shed are low, and they are shed in waves. Centrifugation is the preferred method. There are several preventives available by prescription from a veterinarian to prevent dogs from getting whipworm. The cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula) is NOT found in the US, and whipworm eggs found in cats in the US must be differentiated from lungworms and mouse whipworm eggs just passing through. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1849 KB) Summary Egg from Trichuris vulpis seen through a microscope at 40x. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1849 KB) Summary Egg from Trichuris vulpis seen through a microscope at 40x. ...
Trichuris suis in treating other disorders It has been suggested that a contributing cause of intestinal disorders is immune system reaction to the patient's own body, and that adding worms for the immune system to attack instead may alleviate the symptoms. In a preliminary study, "among 100 volunteers with Crohn's disease and 100 with ulcerative colitis, both of which are diseases classified under IBD [inflammatory bowel disease], the remission rate was 70% and 50%, respectively" after ingesting eggs of the pig whipworm Trichiuris suis[1]. The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that protect an organism from outside biological influences. ...
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In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. ...
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