hymenolepiasis
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Hymenolepiasis is infestation by one of two species of tapeworm: Hymenolepis nana or H. diminuta. Alternative names are dwarf tapeworm infection and rat tapeworm infection. The disease is a type of helminthiasis which is classified as a neglected tropical disease.
Key facts
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- Hymenolepis nana
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Research
1,186 papers- Hymenolepiasis.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2024
- [Hymenolepiasis].Fel'dsher i akusherka · 1982
- [Hymenolepiasis].Fel'dsher i akusherka · 1991
- [Hymenolepiasis].Meditsinskaia sestra · 1968
- Extending helminth control beyond STH and schistosomiasis: the case of human hymenolepiasis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013
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- disease
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84768
- has cause
- Hymenolepis diminuta
- drug or therapy used for treatment
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- exact match
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- symptoms and signs
- diarrhea
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Symptoms and signs
- Complications
- Causes
- ''H. diminuta''
- Beetle manipulation
- ''H. nana''
- Lifecycle
- Infection
- Screening for activity against ''H. nana''
- Pathology
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Hymenolepiasis is infestation by one of two species of tapeworm: Hymenolepis nana or H. diminuta. Alternative names are dwarf tapeworm infection and rat tapeworm infection. The disease is a type of helminthiasis which is classified as a neglected tropical disease.
==Symptoms and signs== Hymenolepiasis does not always have symptoms, but they usually are described as abdominal pain, loss of appetite, itching around the anus, irritability, and diarrhea. However, in one study of 25 patients conducted in Peru, successful treatment of the infection made no significant difference to symptoms. Some authorities report that heavily infected cases are more likely to be symptomatic.
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