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Whipworm: Introduction

Whipworm: Humans worldwide are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura; the eggs of these roundworms (nematode) are "sticky" and may be carried to the mouth by hands ... more about Whipworm.

Whipworm: Any nematode of the genus trichuris. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Whipworm is available below.

Symptoms of Whipworm

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

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Misdiagnosis and Whipworm

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This leads to "digestive imbalance" where there are too few remaining "good" bacteria in the digestive system. The treatment is typically to use "probiotics", such as by eating yoghurt cultures containing more of the good bacteria. See digestive imbalance and probiotics....read more »

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Causes of Whipworm

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Clinical Trials for Whipworm

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

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FDA Bad Bug Book (Excerpt)

Humans worldwide are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura; the eggs of these roundworms (nematode) are "sticky" and may be carried to the mouth by hands, other body parts, fomites (inanimate objects), or foods. (Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)

Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

The name whipworm comes from the parasite's long, very thin, whiplike shape. Fertilized eggs develop outside the body, and an embryonated egg is produced in three weeks in a favorable environment; that is, warm, moist, shaded soil. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Definitions of Whipworm:

Infection with nematodes of the genus TRICHURIS, formerly called Trichocephalus. - (Source - Diseases Database)


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