Alveolar Hydatid Disease

Introduction: Alveolar Hydatid Disease

Alveolar Hydatid Disease: AHD (al-VEE-oh-ler HIGH-dad-id) disease results from being infected with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis, a microscopic tapeworm (1-4 ... more about Alveolar Hydatid Disease.

Alveolar Hydatid Disease: Rare multi-organ tapeworm infection caught from animals. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alveolar Hydatid Disease is available below.

Symptoms of Alveolar Hydatid Disease

• No early symptoms
• Cysts in multiple body organs
• Symptoms of liver infestation:
  • Upper abdominal pain
  • Weakness

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Medical Textbooks Online about Alveolar Hydatid Disease

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Diagnostic Tests for Alveolar Hydatid Disease

• Blood test for parasite
• Antibody blood tests
• E. multilocularis antibody tests
• X-ray
• CAT scan

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alveolar Hydatid Disease?

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Treatments for Alveolar Hydatid Disease

• Hospitalization
• Surgery
• Surgical cyst removal
• Medications
• Mebendazole

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Prognosis for Alveolar Hydatid Disease

Prognosis for Alveolar Hydatid Disease: If left untreated, infection with AHD can be fatal. (Source: excerpt from Alveolar Hydatid Disease: DPD)

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Reseach about Alveolar Hydatid Disease

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Clinical Trials for Alveolar Hydatid Disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Alveolar Hydatid Disease include:

• Epi Cystic Hydatid Disease Peru - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Parasitic Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Statistics for Alveolar Hydatid Disease

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Article Excerpts about Alveolar Hydatid Disease

AHD (al-VEE-oh-ler HIGH-dad-id) disease results from being infected with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis, a microscopic tapeworm (1-4 millimeters) found in foxes, coyotes, dogs, and cats. Although human cases are rare, infection in humans causes parasitic tumors to form in the liver, and, less commonly, the lungs, brain, and other organs. (Source: excerpt from Alveolar Hydatid Disease: DPD)

Definitions of Alveolar Hydatid Disease:

A north temperate species of tapeworm (CESTODA) whose adult form infects FOXES and wild RODENTS. The larval form can infect humans producing HEPATIC HYDATID CYSTS. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Alveolar Hydatid Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Alveolar Hydatid Disease, or a subtype of Alveolar Hydatid Disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)