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*Although any organism that "lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism" is technically a parasite, in common medical parlance "parasitic diseases" refer to infections due to protozoa, helminths, arthropods, or other "macroparasites"
*Although any organism that "lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism" is technically a parasite, in common medical parlance "parasitic diseases" refer to infections due to protozoa, helminths, arthropods, or other "macroparasites"


==List==
==Protozoa==
*[[Chagas Disease]]
{{Protozoa}}
*[[Lice]]
*[[Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)]]
*[[Myiasis]]
*[[Cysticercosis]]
*[[Loa Loa]]
*[[African Sleeping Sickness]]
*[[Swimmer's Itch]]
*[[Seabather's Eruption]]
*[[Pinworm]]


==[[Larva Currens]]==
==[[Helminths]]==
*Thumbprint sign: periumbilical purpura
{{Helminth Types}}
*Strongyloides stercoralis
 
==[[Dracunculosis]]==
 
 
==[[Trichinosis]]==
 
==[[M. Opercularis]]==
*Wolly caterpillar
*Train-track hemorrages
*'Erucism' inflammation around hairs, can be chronic, can cause systemic effects
 
==[[Cimex lenticularis]]==
*[[Bedbugs]]
*Hep B carrier's


==[[Ectoparasites]]==
{{Ectoparasite DDX}}
{{Ectoparasite images}}


==Marine Dermatitis==
*[[Swimmer's Itch]]
*[[Seabather's Eruption]]


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Revisión actual - 11:37 19 sep 2017

Background

  • Although any organism that "lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism" is technically a parasite, in common medical parlance "parasitic diseases" refer to infections due to protozoa, helminths, arthropods, or other "macroparasites"

Protozoa

Protozoa

Helminths

Helminth infections

Cestodes (Tapeworms)

Trematodes (Flukes)

Nematodes (Roundworms)

Ectoparasites

Domestic U.S. Ectoparasites

See also travel-related skin conditions

Ectoparasite & Related Images

Marine Dermatitis

See Also