Worm infestations are long-term parasitic diseases that cause few symptoms initially but can lead to serious effects or death if left untreated. Common worm infestations in humans include hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms, and flukes. Symptoms vary depending on the type of worm but can include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, and skin irritation. Prevention methods include thoroughly cooking meat and washing fruits and vegetables, especially when traveling in undeveloped areas, as well as handwashing before preparing or eating food.

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Asst. Prof. Community Health
Nursing
Worm infestation
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2. Worm Infestations:
Worm Infestation are long-term diseases
that produce few symptoms in their early
stages and sometimes serious effects at well
developed stages or may be quite fatal at times.
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3. (i) Hook Worm
(ii) Ascaris
(iii) Pin worms
(iv) Whip worm
(v) Liver flukes
(vi) Tape worm
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5. Tapeworms :
(i)Tapeworms live in human intestines where they feed on
the partially-digested food in their host’s intestines.
(ii)Itis a fully protected environment and they grow and
thrive in these conditions.
(iii)Tapeworms are parasitic worms and are most often
referred to as just parasites.
(iv)They literally survive through their host’s nutrients.
Parasites need hosts to survive.
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6. Flukes:
(i)Flukes are a type of parasitic Flatworm. Flukes get their name from
the way they look as they are flat and the word "fluke" comes from a
German word "flah" meaning "flat".
(ii)Flukes have at least one external sucker, which they use to attach
themselves to their host. Some flukes live on the gills, skin or outside of
their hosts while others, such as blood flukes that live in humans, live
internally in their hosts.
(iii)Blood flukes are largely confined to very hot tropical areas such as
North Africa and South East Asia and contribute to some extreme health
conditions.
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7. Roundworms:
(i) Some of the most common types of Roundworms include Pinworms
or Threadworms, Hookworms, Ascaris (a word that literally means
‘intestinal worm’) and Heartworms.
(ii) Roundworms have hollow bodies and openings at either end and
generally grow between 2-5 inches long. Roundworms are very commonly
found in pets and animals such as dogs and cats and can be easily passed on
to humans.
(iii) Roundworms live in salt water, fresh water and the soil. Eating
contaminated foods or getting worms from contaminated pets is the most
usual way to get roundworms (a category of worms).
(iv) Hookworms and pinworms are often the most common types of
roundworms found in humans.
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10. Symptoms:
HOOK WORMS:
(i) Abdominal pain
(ii) Colic (cramping and excessive crying in infants)
(iii) Intestinal cramps
(iv) Nausea
(v) Fever
(vi) Blood in your stool
(vii) Appetite loss
(viii) Itchy rash
ASCARIS:
(i) Nausea
(ii) Vomiting
(iii)Irregular stools
(iv) Visible worms in the stool
(v) Stomach or abdominal pain
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11. PIN WORMS :
(i) Frequent and strong itching of the anal area
(ii) Restless sleep due to the itching and discomfort
(iii) Pain, rash, or other skin irritation around the anus
(iv) The presence of pinworms in the area of your child’s anus
(v) The presence of pinworms in stools
WHIPWORM:
(i) Bloody Diarrhea
(ii) Painful or Frequent defecation
(iii) Abdominal Pain
(iv) Nausea
(v) Vomiting
(vi) Headaches
(vii)Sudden and unexpected weight loss
(viii) Fecal incontinence, or the inability to control defecation
TAPE WORM :
(i) Pain
(ii) Unexplained weight loss
(iii) Blockage of the intestine
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13. Prophylaxis:
(i) Cook meat to temperatures of at least 145 degree F for whole cuts of meat and to
at least 160 degree F for ground meat.
(ii) Then let it rest for at least 3 minutes before carving or eating.
(iii) Freeze meat to -4 degrees F for at least 24 hours to kill tapewormeggs.
(iv)When traveling in undeveloped countries, cook fruits and vegetables with boiled
or chemically-treated water before eating.
(v) Wash hands with soap and hot water before preparing or eatingfoods.
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14. General Pathophysiology:
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16. Pathophysiology:
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17. Pathophysiology of Liver Fluke:
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18. Pathophysiology:
Pathophysiology of Hookworm 18Kuldeep Vyas M.Sc. CHN

19. Pathophysiology of Hookworm:
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20. Pathophysiology of Hookworm:
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22. What are the Prevention to have taken in
case of Worm Infestation?
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