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Symptoms of Diphyllobothriasis
Symptoms of Diphyllobothriasis
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Diphyllobothriasis includes the 5 symptoms listed below:
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Diphtheria:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Most infections go unrecognized, especially in partially immunized individuals. After an incubation period of less than a week, clinical cases of diphtheria characteristically show a thick, patchy, grayish green membrane over the mucous membranes of the pharynx, larynx, tonsils, soft palate, and nose; fever; sore throat; and a rasping cough, hoarseness, and other symptoms similar to croup. Attempts to remove the membrane usually cause bleeding, which is highly characteristic of diphtheria. If this membrane causes airway obstruction (particularly likely in laryngeal diphtheria), symptoms include tachypnea, stridor, possibly cyanosis, suprasternal retractions, and suffocation, if untreated. Adenopathy and cervical swelling can occur. In cutaneous diphtheria, skin lesions resemble impetigo.
Complications include thrombocytopenia, myocarditis, neurologic involvement (primarily affecting motor fibers but possibly also sensory neurons), renal involvement, and pulmonary involvement (bronchopneumonia) due to C. diphtheriae or other superinfecting organisms.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Hookworm disease:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Most cases of hookworm disease produce few symptoms and may be overlooked until worms are passed in the stool. The earliest signs and symptoms include irritation, pruritus, and edema at the site of entry, which are sometimes accompanied by secondary bacterial infection with pustule formation.
When the larvae reach the lungs, they may cause pneumonitis and hemorrhage with fever, sore throat, crackles, and cough. Finally, intestinal infection may cause fatigue, nausea, weight loss, dizziness, melena, and uncontrolled diarrhea.
In severe and chronic infection, anemia from blood loss may lead to cardiomegaly (a result of increased oxygen demands), heart failure, and generalized massive edema.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Tapeworm:
Tapeworm - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Recent travel or immigration:
- Tapeworm infections are more prevalent in other countries.
- GI tract:
- Nausea, weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal tenderness or distention
- Fish tapeworm and, rarely, dog tapeworm infections can be complicated by intestinal obstruction.
- May observe proglottids that resemble rice or seeds in stool from dog tapeworm infections
- Jaundice:
- Hepatic cysts from echinococcosis may be palpable in the right upper quadrant.
- Biliary tree extension can lead to obstructive jaundice and cholangitis.
- Respiratory tract:
- Pulmonary hydatid cyst due to E. granulosus causes cough, dyspnea, and hemoptysis; rupture of a cyst can cause anaphylaxis
- Hematologic:
- Signs of anemia secondary to vitamin B
- CNS:
- New-onset seizures (partial or generalized) are a typical manifestation of neurocysticercosis and some species of Echinococcus.
- Neurocysticercosis may present with alteration in mental status, signs of elevated intracranial pressure (headache, vomiting, visual changes) or meningitis
- Both neurocysticercosis and vitamin B
CNS symptoms in neurocysticercosis typically appear 5−7 years after initial infection (range, 6 months to 30 years).
- Note: For echinococcosis, there is usually a presymptomatic stage that may last for years before the enlarging cysts cause symptoms. The variability of signs and symptoms depend on the target organ.
Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Diphyllobothriasis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
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