What is Tapeworms?

What is Tapeworms?

A worm that can infect humans. Although the common perception of tapeworm is a worm living in the digestive system, there are ...more »

• Tapeworms: Parasitic worm infestation of digestive or other organs.
• Tapeworms: A genus of large tapeworms.
  Source - Diseases Database

Tapeworms: Introduction

Types of Tapeworms:

Types of Tapeworms:

• Taenia saginata - beef tapeworm that infects the digestive tract.
• Taenia solium - pork tapeworm
• Echinococcus granulosus - dog tapeworm causing hydatid disease
• Diphyllobothriasis - fish tapeworm
• Alveolar Hydatid Disease
• more types...»

Broader types of Tapeworms:

• Worm conditions
• Digestive Diseases
• Liver conditions
• Eye conditions
• Brain conditions
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious from pigs
• Parasitic diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Child health conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Tapeworms?

Complications of Tapeworms: see complications of Tapeworms

What causes Tapeworms?

Causes of Tapeworms: see causes of Tapeworms
Risk factors for Tapeworms: see risk factors for Tapeworms

What are the symptoms of Tapeworms?

Symptoms of Tapeworms: see symptoms of Tapeworms

Complications of Tapeworms: see complications of Tapeworms

Can anyone else get Tapeworms?

More information: see contagiousness of Tapeworms
Inheritance: see inheritance of Tapeworms

Tapeworms: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Tapeworms.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Tapeworms.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Tapeworms: Infectious Disease Specialist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Tapeworms.
Treatments for Tapeworms: see treatments for Tapeworms

Society issues for Tapeworms

Hospitalization statistics for Tapeworms: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tapeworms:

• 0% (2) of hospital consultant episodes were for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of caseds of taeniasis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of caseds of taeniasis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Tapeworms:

Organs and body systems related to Tapeworms include:

• Digestive
• Muscles
• Brain
• Eye
• Liver
• Lungs

Name and Aliases of Tapeworms

Main name of condition: Tapeworms

Class of Condition for Tapeworms: parasite worm

Teniasis, Taenia species Source - Diseases Database

Tapeworms: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Tapeworms:

• Cestodes
• Cestoda
• Diphyllobothrium latum
• Broad fish tapeworm
• Echinococcus granulosus
• Hydatid tapeworm
• Hymenolepis nana
• Dwarf tapeworm
• Taenia saginata
• T saginata
• Beef tapeworm
• Hookless tapeworm
• Unarmed tapeworm
• Taenia solium
• T solium
• Armed tapeworm
• Pork tapeworm
• Solitary tapeworm

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