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DISEASE TYPES

Diseases caused by protozoans

MALARIA

Causative agent- Plasmodium
Transmitted by bite of female Anopheles mosquito
Symptoms-

1. High fever with chills
2. Fever subsides with profuse sweating
3. Cycle of fever and sweating repeated after 2-3 days
4. Severe headache
5. Nausea

Prevention:

1. Fill up ditches, ponds and pools with earth to prevent
   breeding of mosquitoes
2. Spray the ponds with kerosene oil or some insecticide to kill
   the larvae and pupae of mosquitoes.
3. Cover drains or make underground drain

Treatment:

1. Quinine
2. mepacrine
3. chloroquinone

AMOEBIASIS

Causative agent- Entamoeba histolytica
Symptoms-

1. Invade intestinal wall, destroy the mucosa.
2. Abdominal pain
3. Nausea
4. Flatulence
5. Bowel irregularity with fatigue and headache.

Prevention:

1. Washing hands before taking meals and after toilet
2. Protection of food and water from flies and cockroach
3. Proper sanitation
4. Proper sanitation
5. Purification of drinking water

Treatment:

1. Administration of antibiotics like, fumagillin, terramycin.