Parasitic Diseases List

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Vitamin D deficiency occurs when your body doesn't get or process adequate amounts of vitamin D. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium, so a deficiency can lead to osteoporosis (low bone density) and fractures (broken bones). Other low vitamin D symptoms include muscle weakness and cramps, hair loss, and tiredness or fatigue. Most people have the vitamin D that their body needs, but as many as one in four adults in the United States are deficient. This is partly because vitamin D isn't quite as easy to get naturally as some other nutrients. Your body makes some vitamin D when you are in the sun, and you can also find it in foods like fish, egg yolks, and fortified foods—as well as in supplement form. Vitamin D deficiency can be hard to diagnose because it either produces no symptoms or its symptoms overlap with many health conditions. The good news: a vitamin D deficiency is relatively easy to treat with supplements once...

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Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common inherited bleeding disorder. The condition gets its name after Erik von Willebrand—a doctor who identified the disease in the 1920s. Your blood contains many proteins that help it clot properly and prevent excess blood loss. One of these proteins is called the "von Willebrand factor." This protein helps bind and clump with blood platelets, which are cell fragments in the blood that also help with clotting. When von Willebrand factor is present in your blood at low levels or if it's not working properly, you can experience heavy and frequent bleeding, like nosebleeds or abnormal menstrual bleeding. However, there are effective treatments available to manage the condition—and people who receive treatment can have healthy and active lives. There are four types of VWD and knowing what type you have is important. That's because each type has its own prognosis (outlook) and treatment plan. The types of VW...

Abstract Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito borne disease which leads to abnormal painful enlarged body parts, severe disability and social stigma. We screened Wuchereria bancrofti in Matayos constituency in Busia County. Blood samples were collected from 23 villages selected purposively based on clinical case reports. Finger prick and/or venous blood sampling and mosquito collections was carried out. Antigenaemia and filarial DNA prevalence were determined. Infection rates on mosquito pools were estimated and SPSS version 26 was used for descriptive statistics analysis. A total of 262 participants were recruited, 73.3% (n = 192) of the participants had no symptoms, 14.1% (n = 5.3) had swollen legs, 5.3% (n = 14) had painful legs and 3.8% (n = 10) with scrotal swellings. Average antigenemia prevalence was 35.9% (n = 94) and DNA prevalence was at 8.0% (n = 21). A total of 1305 mosquitoes were collected and pooled into 2–20 mosquitoes of the same species and from the same village. Two p...