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So Many Parasitic Diseases and Their Causes

Today we can get medicinal help with these age old scourges of mankind and the animal world. Anciently people had no defense not knowing the causes and each disease took its course causing much suffering. The Hebrew people were given advice in healthful living helping them to avoid some of these parasitic scourges. These health principles may still help us today.

I) One Celled Protozoa and what they can do to man
Trypanosoma gambiense: Affects central nervous, blood and lymphatic systems. The head Leishmania tropica: Local ulcers & infiltration of subdermal connective tissue.
Trypanosoma rhodesiense: As above. The head and neck Leishmania brazilienses: Similar to above; destroys nose, palate, nasopharynx, ears.
Sarcocystis lindemanni: Affects striated muscles everywhere in body. The head Endamoeba gingivalis: Affects the mouth, crevices and gingival.
Trypanosoma cruzi: Affects all tissues: especially heart muscle, central nervous, blood and lymphatic systems. The chest Trichomonas buccalis: Affects the mouth, teeth, tonsils, lung, etc.
Plasmodium vivax: This type of Malaria affects reticulocyte endocrine systems, the spleen. Mid body Leishmania donovani: Affects the macrophages of the spleen, liver, blood, intestine, connective tissue, etc.
Plasmodium falciparum: This type of malaria affects all red blood cells, spleenic reservoirs, and the reticulo endocrine systems. Mid body Endamoeba histolytica: Affects the colon, forms ulcers in mucosa, metastatic abcesses in the liver, brain, etc.
Plasmodium malariae: This type of Malaria affects the mature red blood cells, spleenic reservoir stages, and the reticulocyte endocrine systems. Mid body Endamoeba coli: Affects the lumen of the colon, etc.
Plasmodium ovale: This type of malaria affects all red blood cells, spleenic reservoirs, and the reticulo endocrine systems. Mid body Endolimax nana: Affects the lumen of the colon.
Isospora hominis: Affects the epithelium cells of the small intestine. Mid body Dientamoeba fragilis: Affects the lumen of the colon.
Giardia lamblia: Affects the lumen of the small intestine. Attaches to intestinal wall by means of its sucker. Mid body Iodamoeba bütschlii: Affects the lumen of the colon.
Chilomastix mesnili: Affects the lumen of the small intestine. Lower body Embadomonas hominis: Affects the small intestine.
Balantidium coli: Affects the large intestine. Attacks the mucosa causing large ulcers. Lower body Enteromonas hominis: Affects the small intestine.
Trichomonas hominis: Found in large and small intestine. Lower body Trichomonas vaginalis: Found in the vagina, urethra and urinary tracts.


II) Common Trematode Parasites and what they can do to man
Clonorchis sinensis: Found in the bile duct and liver. Upper and Mid body Paragonimus westermani: Found in cystic cavities in the lungs, sometimes in the brain, etc.
Fasciola hepatica: Found in the bile duct and liver. Upper and Mid body Fasciolopsis buski: Found in the small intestine.
Schistosoma japonicum: Found in the mesenteric veins of the small intestine. Later in the liver and colon. Upper and Mid body Schistosoma mansoni: Found in the mesenteric veins of the large intestine and in the rectum.
Metagonimus yokogawai: Found in the small intestine. Lower body Gastrodiscoides hominis: Found in the cecum and ascending colon.
Heterophyes heterophyes: Burrows into the mucosa of the small intestine. Eggs carried by the blood and lymph system to various parts of the body. Everywhere? Schistosoma haematobium: Found in the veins of the bladder and external genitalia.
Cercaria elvae: Penetrates the skin and causes schistosome dermatitis. Does not mature in man. Legs


III) Common Nematode Parasites and what they can do to man
Strongyloides stercoralis: Found in the intestinal mucosa pylorus to the rectum and the duodenal region. The larva can pass through the lung. The mid body. The head. Trichinella spiralis: Burrows into the mucosa of the small intestine. Larva transported by blood and lymph system to encyst in the striated muscles.
Onchocerca volvulus: Adults found coiled in connective tissue tumors. Microfilariae unsheathed migrate in the skin. The head Loa loa: Adults migrate throughout the body and frequently cross the eye balls. They cause calabar swellings. The sheathed microfilariae are found in the blood system.
Necator americanus: Adults are found attached to the mucosa of the small intestine. The larva come in through the lungs when entering the body. The mid body Ascaris lumbricoides: The adults are found in the small intestine. Larva may migrate occasionally through the lungs.
Ancylostoma duodenale: Same as Necator. The lower body Enterobius vermicularis: Commonly called pin worms. They are found in the cecum from which gravid females migrate at night to the rectum and out through the anus causing itching.
Trichuris trichiura: Adults are found attached to the mucosa of the cecum with filiform forebodies. The lower body Dracunculus medinensis: The adults migrate through deep connective tissue or cavities. The mature female comes to the surface to form galleries on the extremities.
Wuchereria bancrofti: Adults are found in the lymphatic system. The microfilariae are sheathed and periodically in the blood system. Lower body
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