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They may also remove any dead tissue to prevent infection or more tissue damage. Intestinal myiasis may go away on its own or your doctor may prescribe anti-parasitic medicine.

Pinworms are the cause of a highly contagious intestinal infection in humans. Learn about its symptoms, the tape test, and effective methods of treatment.

Parasites live in other host organisms and depend on them for survival. Parasites that can affect humans include ticks, lice, and hookworms. Symptoms of a parasite infection in humans can vary ...

Symptoms of intestinal parasitic infections may include nausea and weight loss. Vitamin B12 deficiency is common with the fish tapeworm. People may notice passing part of the worm in the stool.

Possible new way to treat parasitic infections discovered Date: December 5, 2017 Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center Summary: A chemical that suppresses the lethal form of a parasitic infection ...

Follow these steps to prevent parasitic infection, CDC says After multiple family members are infected with parasitic disease, health officials share warnings. By Shiv Sudhakar Fox News.

Scientists show how parasitic infection causes seizures, psychiatric illness for some ... These microglia appear to prevent inhibitory interneurons from signaling to the ensheathed neurons.

Your immune system includes organs, lymph nodes, bone marrow, white blood cells, protein, and other hormones. Its job is to ward off bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses that can make you sick ...

During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells, known as virtual memory T cells (TVM), become activated and express a surface molecule called CD22, which prevents an excessive immune reaction.