Concept explainers
(1)
To determine:
To define why schistosomiasis is called as “snail fever”, good sewage treatment helps to prevent schistosomiasis, and why its initial symptom is itching skin.
Case summary:
The year of the snake was a bad year for Person J; that year, there was too much rain, stress, and the rural village people were fully filled with illness. Person J’s whole family are fishermen and farmers having fever, chills, muscles aches, and were coughing for months. His brother had severe rashes. His children, nephews, and nieces were anemic and found it very difficult to learn their school lessons. Nearly 900,000 people were infected in China and 30 million people were at risk. The government takes control measures to eradicate schistosomiasis. Person J’s family and his neighbors take the drug praziquantel for one to two days to kill the worm in their bodies.
(2)
To determine:
The good sewage treatment help to control schistosomiasis.
Case summary:
The year of the snake was a bad year for Person J; that year, there was too much rain, stress, and the rural village people were fully filled with illness. Person J’s whole family are fishermen and farmers having fever, chills, muscles aches, and were coughing for months. His brother had severe rashes. His children, nephews, and nieces were anemic and found it very difficult to learn their school lessons. Nearly 900,000 people were infected in China and 30 million people were at risk. The government takes control measures to eradicate schistosomiasis. Person J’s family and his neighbors take the drug praziquantel for one to two days to kill the worm in their bodies.
(3)
To determine:
Why is it the initial symptoms for itching skin?
Case summary:
The year of the snake was a bad year for Person J; that year, there was too much rain, stress, and the rural village people were fully filled with illness. Person J’s whole family are fishermen and farmers having fever, chills, muscles aches, and were coughing for months. His brother had severe rashes. His children, nephews, and nieces were anemic and found it very difficult to learn their school lessons. Nearly 900,000 people were infected in China and 30 million people were at risk. The government takes control measures to eradicate schistosomiasis. Person J’s family and his neighbors take the drug praziquantel for one to two days to kill the worm in their bodies.
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