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Fasciolopsiasis

Index Fasciolopsiasis

Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans (up to 7.5 cm in length). [1]

43 relations: Abdominal pain, Allergy, Anemia, Anthelmintic, Aquatic plant, Ascites, Asia, Asymptomatic, Bacteremia, China, Chronic condition, Diarrhea, Drug, Fasciola hepatica, Fasciolopsis, Feces, Gastrointestinal tract, Gyraulus, Hexachlorophene, Host (biology), Human, India, Indonesia, Indoplanorbis, Infection, Ipomoea aquatica, Levamisole, Lymnaea, Malaysia, Mebendazole, Oxyclozanide, Planorbis, Praziquantel, Pyrantel, Snail, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Tetrachloroethylene, Tiabendazole, Trematoda, Trematode life cycle stages, Vomiting, Water caltrop.

Abdominal pain

Abdominal pain, also known as a stomach ache, is a symptom associated with both non-serious and serious medical issues.

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Allergy

Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.

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Anemia

Anemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.

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Anthelmintic

Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Ascites

Ascites is the abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Asymptomatic

In medicine, a disease is considered asymptomatic if a patient is a carrier for a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms.

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Bacteremia

Bacteremia (also bacteraemia) is the presence of bacteria in the blood.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chronic condition

A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.

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Diarrhea

Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day.

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Drug

A drug is any substance (other than food that provides nutritional support) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body.

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Fasciola hepatica

Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke, is a parasitic trematode (fluke or flatworm, a type of helminth) of the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes.

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Fasciolopsis

Fasciolopsis is a genus of trematodes.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Gyraulus

Gyraulus is a genus of small, mostly air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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Hexachlorophene

Hexachlorophene, also known as Nabac, is an organochlorine compound that was once widely used as a disinfectant.

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Host (biology)

In biology and medicine, a host is an organism that harbours a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont), the guest typically being provided with nourishment and shelter.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Indoplanorbis

Indoplanorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Ipomoea aquatica

Ipomoea aquatica is a semiaquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots and leaves.

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Levamisole

Levamisole, sold under the trade name Ergamisol among others, is a medication used to treat parasitic worm infections.

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Lymnaea

Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Mebendazole

Mebendazole (MBZ) is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infestations.

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Oxyclozanide

Oxyclozanide is a salicylanilide anthelmintic.

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Planorbis

Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.

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Praziquantel

Praziquantel, sold under the brandname Biltricide among others, is a medication used to treat a number of types of parasitic worm infections.

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Pyrantel

Pyrantel is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infections.

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Snail

Snail is a common name loosely applied to shelled gastropods.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tetrachloroethylene

Tetrachloroethylene, also known under the systematic name tetrachloroethene, or perchloroethylene ("perc" or "PERC"), and many other names, is a chlorocarbon with the formula Cl2C.

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Tiabendazole

Tiabendazole (INN, BAN), thiabendazole (AAN, USAN), TBZ (and the trade names Mintezol, Tresaderm, and Arbotect) is a fungicide and parasiticide.

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Trematoda

Trematoda is a class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.

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Trematode life cycle stages

Trematodes are any parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, especially a parasitic fluke.

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Vomiting

Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

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Water caltrop

The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciolopsiasis

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