NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Helminths often cause intestinal infections after transmission to humans through exposure to contaminated soil, water, or food. Signs and symptoms are often mild, but severe complications may develop in some cases. Ascaris lumbricoides eggs are transmitted through contaminated food or water and hatch in the intestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Helminths can infect every organ and organ system. Prevalent in the intestines, they are found in the liver, lungs, blood and occasionally the brain and other organs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many helminths undertake extensive migrations through body tissues, which both damage tissues directly and initiate hypersensitivity reactions. The skin, lungs, liver, and intestines are the organs most affected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Parasitic diseases of the digestive system usually involve worms, also known as helminths. In most cases, the worms multiply in the system, and when the worm burden becomes high, the symptoms of disease ensue. Poor sanitation contributes to the occurrence of parasitic (helminthic) infections. Pinworm disease.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main species that infect people are the roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), the whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) and hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale). These STH species are normally addressed as a group because they need similar diagnostic procedures and respond to the same medicines.