List of Some Common Parasitic Diseases with Their Treatment

Parasites are single celled, small sized microorganisms that live on other living things including animals and humans to get food and survive. The branch of microbiology in which we study parasites is called as parasitology. The researchers and scientists who study parasites are termed as Parasitologists. Sometimes humans can suffer severe life threatening infections when they have a parasitic attack. Parasitic diseases could be caused mainly by Protozoa and Helminths.

Sarcoptes scabiei causes scabies in humans. 
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Parasites are of two types such as ectoparasites and endoparasites. If a parasite lives on the surface of a host such as human is called as ectoparasite and if a parasite lives inside the living thing then it is termed as endoparasite.  Usually parasitic diseases are caused by endoparasites.

A list of some common parasites with their diseases and treatment is mentioned below;

Sr. no	Name	Disease	Characteristics	Parthenogenesis	Treatment
1	Entamoeba histoloitica	Dysentery	Motile,intestinal protozoa	Trophozoites cause ulcer.	Metronidazole,Iodoquinole
2	Giardia lamblia	DiarrheaGiardiasis	Intestinal protozoa,peer shape	Trophozites attach to wall only	Metronidazole
3	Cryptosporidium parvum	Diarrhea,Cryptosporidiosis	Intestinal protozoa	Trophozites attach to wall only	Paromomycin
4	Trichomonas vaginalis	Trichomoniasis	Urogenital protozoa	Attach of wall of vagina and cause inflammation	Metronidazole
5	Plasmodium malariae	Malaria	Infect RBCs and transfer plasmodium	Aggregation of RBCs and destruction	Quinine,Doxycycline
6	Toxoplysma gondii	Toxoplasmosis	Tissue protozoa	It infect brain , eyes , liver and other organs	Sulphadiazine,Pyrimethamine
7	Pneumocystis jiroveci	Pneomonia	Respiratory pathogen	Cause inflammation of alveoli	Pantamidine
8	Trypanosoma cruzi	Chagas disease	Blood and tissue protozoa	Myocarditis	Benznidazole
9	Trypanosoma gambiense	Sleeping sickness	Blood and tissue protozoa	It infect brain	Suramin + melarsoprol
10	Leishmania donovani	Kala-azar	Blood and tissue protozoa	It kills reticuloendothelial cells	Sodium stibogluconate
11	Diphyllobothrium latum	Diphyllobophriasis	Fish tape worm	It cause damage in gut	Praziquantel
12	Echinococcus granulosus	Hydatid cyst	Dog tape worm	It cause anaphylaxis	Albandazole
13	Taenia saginata	Taeniasis	Beef tape worm	Damage to gut	Praziquontel
14	Taenia solium	Cysticercosis	Pork tape worm	Damage the gut and brain	Praziquontel
15	Schistosoma mansoni	Schistosomiasis	Blood fluke	Damage intestinal gut	Praziquontel
16	Clonorchis sinensis	Clonorchiasis	Lever fluke	Inflammation of biliary tract	Praziquontel
17	Paragonimus westermani	Paragonimiasis	Lung fluke	Infection of lung	Praziquontel
18	Ancylostoma duodenale	Hookworm	Intestinal nematodes	Intestinal infection and cause anemia	Mebendazole
19	Ascaris lumbricoides	Ascareiasis	Intestinal nematodes	Malnutrition,Pneumonia	Mebendazole
20	Enterobius vermicularis	Pin worm infection	Intestinal nematode	Perianal pruritus	Mebandazole
21	Strogyloides stercoralis	Strogyloidiasis	Intestinal nematode	Little infection	Thiabendazole
22	Trichinella spi rallis	Trichinosis	Intestinal nematode	Inflammation of muscle	Thiabendazole
23	Trichuris trichiura	Whip worm	Intestinal nematode	Damage the gut	Mebendazole
24	Dracunculus medineinsis	Dracunculiasis	Tissue nematode	Inflammation and ulceration of skin	Metronedazole
25	Loa loa	loiasis	Tissue nematode	Swelling in skin	Diethylcarbamazine
26	Onchocerca volvulus	Onchocerciasis	Tissue nematode	River blindness	Ivermectin ,suramin
27	Wuchereria bancrofti	Filariasis	Tissue nematode	Inflammation to lymphatic vesseles	Diethylcarbamazine
28	Toxocara canis	Visceral larva migrans	Nematodes larva	Infect the ratina	Albendazole
29	Pediculus humanus	Pediculosis	Lice , easily visible	Itching	Permethrin
30	Dermetobia huminis	Myiasis	Fly larva	Inflammatory response	Surgical removal of larva
31	Sarcoetes scabiei	Scabies	Mites with eight short legs	Itching	Permethrin
32	Dermacentor	Tick paralysis	Neurotoxins	Blocks release of Ach	Surgical remover
33	Latrodectus mactans	Spider bites	Neurotoxins	Fever or vomiting	Antivenome

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