01:146:328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glycosidic Bond, Secernentea, Golden Brown
17 Jan 2019
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Ascaris lamacoids: class secernentea, most common human helminth, worldwide ~1. 5 billion, us- 4 million, classified as neglected infection of poverty (in the u. s. , mainly in the southeast, associated with warm climates where there is poor sanitation, life cycle. Intestinal- adult worms (1) abdominal pain (2) stimulate immune responses (i) Allergic responses to waste product of worm (a) rashes, asthma (ii) (iii) Pierce the intestine (a) peritonitis (b) leading to death if not treated (iv) wander (a) some go up bile duct> liver> pancreas (b) some migrate anteriad (stomach) (i) (ii) (iii) Happens when you"re sleeping> worm comes out of your mouth: diagnosis- eggs in feces, treatment, albendazole and mebendazole, surgery if there is a mass infection with obstruction, control strategies, drug treatment, sanitation, not using night soil, education. Among the most prevalent and important of human parasitic diseases. Impaired cognitive function (critical in children: hemoglobinolysis (the digestion of hemoglobin)
