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Ancylostomiasis is also known as hookworm disease caused by infection with Ancylostoma hookworms. Ancylostomiasis affects around 1/5th of the world population. Ancylostomiasis is responsible for 50,000 - 60,000 deaths every year. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Ancylostomiasis - Symptoms, Treatments and Preventions


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Ancylostomiasis
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Ancylostomiasis
  • Ancylostomiasis is the infection caused
    by hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale. Larvae which
    occur in contaminated soil, invade the host(man)
    and burrow through skin of feet into blood
    causing ancylostomiasis.

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Symptoms
  • In ancylostomiasis, the penetrating larvae cause
    characteristic tiny and irritating sores, called
    dew sores or ground itching, and inflammation of
    skin in lungs, the larvae cause petechial
    haemmorhages and bronchial pneumonitis. The
    greatest damage occurs in the small intestine by
    the adult worms in ancylostomiasis. Here, the
    punctured wounds continue to bleed for some time
    so that more blood is lost than worms can
    consume. Resulting in severe anaemia, decrease in
    general immunity and bloody stools. Deleterious
    toxins which are secreted by glands in the head
    region of worms cause stomach pain, food
    fermentation, diarrhoea, constipation,
    dyspnea, palpitation of heart, eosinophilia and
    loss of health. Mental and physical growth is
    retarded in children and growing youth in
    ancylostomiasis . Unchecked ancylostomiasis
    infection may lead to fatty degeneration of
    heart, liver and kidneys, ending in death.

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Treatments
  • The treatment of ancylostomiasis involves
    administration of drugs , such as carbon
    tetrachloride, thymol, oil of chenopodium,
    hexylresorcinol, etc. by a gastroenterologist.
    Most commonly recommended drug is
    tetrachloroethylene because of its high
    efficiency and low toxicity. Treatment is
    followed by a purge to flush out the dead worms.
    Iron is usually prescribed by a
    gastroenterologist to overcome the haemoglobin
    deficiency due to anaemia.

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Prevention
  • The ancylostomiasis is responsible for
    considerable economic loss as well as poor
    health. The ancylostomiasis can be prevented by
    wearing shoes and sanitary disposal of human
    faeces in affected areas so that soil may not be
    polluted.

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