Monday 10 September 2012

CESTODIASIS-HELMINTHS

Cestodiasis is caused by tapeworm.
TAENIASIS-This disease is caused by the species belonging to the genus Taenia, which include T.SOLIUM and T.SAGINATA. In the intestine the cysticerci develop into adult tapeworm.The presence of tapeworm in intestine causes gastro-intestinal disorder. Some patients complain of hunger pain. Preventation is eating of throughly cooked pork,or beef.
HYDATID-The disease is caused by the hydatid worm,ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS .The primary hosts is dog in which they used eggs which are set free. These are pass out in faeces and develop into onchospheres .In man the hydatid cysts develop in the liver, lungs and tissues and represent the end of the parasitic life-line. The cysts causes inflammation of the tissues. The presence of cysts in the brain and kidney may prove fatal.

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