Schistosoma haematobium is a blood fluke that causes a type of schistosomiasis known as Urinary Schistosomiasis because it affects the urinary tract and capable of causing bladder cancer. Schistosoma haematobium infection has an incubation period of 10 to 12 weeks or longer with morbidity rate as high as 50 to 70%. Schistosoma haematobium is the commonest of the different …
Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke that causes a disease commonly called Schistosomiasis or Bilharzia. There are many species of schistosoma parasites but schistosoma mansoni affects the gastrointestinal tract, hence it mainly causes intestinal Schistosomiasis. Schistosoma Mansoni Epidemiology Schistosoma mansoni is most common in Africa (Nile delta, Libya, southern Sudan, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon …
Schistosomiasis is also called Bilharziasis or Bilharzia or Snail fever; Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by a parasitic worm called Schistosoma which is a blood fluke. Schistosomiasis is a serious parasitic disease that is regarded as second in the scale of its impact on human populations only to malaria; the disease is one of the most important …
The word solar system is The Solar System, there is no other name than that, just the same way the name of our planet is called the Earth and nothing less. The name of our moon is the Moon; the Solar system is called SOLAR SYSTEM. Our solar system is where we live; …
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS) is also called Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma (HHNC), Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS), Hyperosmolar Coma, Hyperosmolar Non Ketotic Coma (HONK), or Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma. Whatever name you decide to call it, Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State is a metabolic complication of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus and usually occurs in elderly …
Yaws is a contagious disease caused by Treponema pertenue and it is the most common endemic treponemal disease worldwide. Yaws are also called Framboesia in German and Pian in French. Yaws have been eradicated by World Health Organization (WHO) but they are reappearing. The clinical course of Yaws is difficult to differentiate from that of syphilis. Yaws incubation …
Types of Tuberculosis have been classified and categorized based majorly on the body organs affected; however, there are different types of TB and each has its own system for classification. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that can affect almost any organ of the body but mainly affects the lungs in 75% of …
What is Obstructive Jaundice? Obstructive jaundice is a condition of raised bilirubin levels in the blood known as conjugated hyperbilirubinemia that occurs as a result of obstruction to flow of bile due to any cause and preventing bilirubin from reaching the gut (intestines). Obstructive Jaundice Risk Factors High fat diet Obesity Fair Fertile Female …