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Research Notes on Trichuriasis
Trichuriasis is a disease caused by a roundworm parasite known as human whipworm.1 This whipworm parasite is also called Trichuris trichiura.2 Whipworm thrives in tropical, humid climates and is the third most common roundworm in humans.1 Whipworm infections have caused an estimated 750-800 million infections around the world, although the infections rate in the U.S. is less than 0.1%.3
Fast Facts:
- The female worms can shed 3,000 to 20,000 eggs per day in the cecum.1
- The whipworm penetrates the anterior portion of its body into the mucosal epithelium of the intestine.3
- Although many whipworm infections are asymptomatic, heavy infestations of whipworm can cause a number of symptoms including, bloody diarrhea, anemia, nausea, malnutrition, and rectal prolapse.4
- Anthelmintic drugs such as mebendazole, albendazole and nitazoxanide are antiparasitic medications used to treat trichuriasis.5
- Whipworm infection can be found in adults, but children are the most vunerable when they eat and play in worm egg infested soil.3
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Latest Headlines on Trichuriasis
What is Trichuriasis?
- Center for Disease Control's Division of Parasitic Diseases (CDC DPDx): Parasites of the Digestive Tract – Trichuriasis – Trichuris trichiura
- The Merck Manuals: Whipworm Infections
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (via HealthAtoZ): Roundworm Infections – Trichuriasis
- MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Whipworm
What Are The Symptoms of Trichuriasis?
- El Salvador Atlas of Gastrointestinal VideoEndoscopy: Parasites – Trichuris Trichiura – (Whipworm)
- National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases: Whipworm Disease – Symptoms
- Diagnose-Me: Whipworm Infection – Signs and Symptoms
- Applied Ozone Systems: Human Intestinal Parasites Worms – Parasite Signs, Adults, Children
- WrongDiagnosis: Symptoms of Whipworm
What Are The Causes and Complications of Trichuriasis?
- A.D.A.M. (via HealthCentral): Whipworm Infection – Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors
- World Health Organization: Common Water and Sanitation Related Diseases – Intestinal Worms
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Whipworm Disease – Transmission
- FDA Bad Bug Book (via FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition): Ascaris Lumbricoides and Trichuris Trichiura - Associated Foods
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Trichuriasis?
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2003: A Comparison of the Efficacy of Single Doses of Albendazole, Ivermectin, and Diethylcarbamazine Alone or in Combinations Against Ascaris and Trichuris spp.
- eMedicine: Whipworm: Treatment and Medication
- The Merck Manuals: Trichuriasis - Whipworm Infection; Trichocephaliasis - Medications
- Aetna InteliHealth: Mebendazole – Antiparasitic medication
- Medscape (via WebMD): Albenza Oral – Dosage, Uses, and Warnings – Trichuriasis Treatment
- Mayo Clinic: Albendazole (Oral Route) – Description: Whipworms (Trichuriasis) | Mebendazole (Oral Route) - Description: Whipworms (Trichuriasis)
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Trichuriasis?
- What Doctors Don't Tell You (via HealthWorld Online): Alternatives – Parasites – Trichuris trichiura
- MotherNature: Worms – Treatment
- Diagnose-Me: Treatments for Parasite Infection – Botanical
- altMD: Roundworms – Herbs
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Trichuriasis?
- Center for Disease Control's Division of Parasitic Diseases (CDC DPDx): Image Library – Trichuriasis
- eMedicine: Excerpt from Nematode Infections (Roundworm) – Pathophysiology
- Parasitology Research: Trichuris – Life Cycle
How Do You Prevent Trichuriasis?
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): Traveling Safely with Infants and Children – Infection and Infestation from Soil Contact
- AltMD: Roundworms – Preventative Care
- The Center for food Security & Public Health: Trichuriasis – Prevention
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Trichuriasis
- Youtube Video of a Colonoscopy Showing a Parasite in the Cecum:
- The New York Times: Science - Lessons in Ice Man's Prehistoric Medicine Kit - Trichuris Trichiura (Dec. 8, 1998)
- The Globe and Mail: Sometimes Having Worms is Good (June 9, 2008)
- AlphaGalileo (via Medical News Today): Parasite Whips Up Ideas for Bowl Cancer Treatments (June 16, 2005)
Foundations and Support Groups on Trichuriasis
- MedHelp: Forum – Gastroenterology – Intestinal Parasites
- HealthBoards: Bowel Disorders Message Board
- Children Without Worms: Soil-Transmitted Helminths (Intestinal Worms)
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Trichuriasis
- PubMed Central: Trichuriasis Journal Articles
- JAMA: Trichuriasis Journal Articles
- Google Scholar: Trichuriasis Journal Articles
- Medstory: Trichuriasis Research Articles
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (via Free Medical Journals): Trichuriasis Journal Articles
Clinical Trials on Trichuriasis
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Trichuriasis Clinical Trials
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Trichuris trichiura
- ↑ Wikipedia: Trichuriasis
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 eMedicine: Whipworm - Introduction
- ↑ The Center for Food Security & Public Health: Trichuriasis Clinical Signs
- ↑ eMedicine: Whipworm: Treatment and Medication
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- Contributor: Joan Miller
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Nematode, Trichuris trichiura, T. Trichiura, Human whipworm, Parasitic roundworm disease, Intestinal roundworm diseases, Trichocephalus trichiura, Trichocephaliosis, Trichocephaliasis
- Last update: Jan. 14, 2009
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