Giant Intestinal Fluke, Fanciolopsis buski

general information
http://www.parasitesinhumans.org/fasciolopsis-buski-intestinal-fluke.html
life cycle

habitat
host
how it infect , spread (things make them spread faster or slower factors nun lhaee)
symptoms > prognosis
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/fasciolopsis/faqs.html
negative efffect
effect economic, and ecosystem
cost

prevention
cooking aquatic plant well before taking in
treatment
use herb in that area to kill
seasonal prevention
provide care to sick
medical plan
way to prevent

Introduction
Giant Intestinal Fluke, as known as F
anciolopsis buski, is considered to be the
largest intestinal fluke parasized in human body. This type of fluke is most commonly found
in South and South-East Asia especially in areas in which pigs are fed with fresh water plant.
Moreover, it has been estimated that more than 10 million people are suffering from this
fluke.
Organism
The mauture large intestinal fluke size is about 20-75 mm long and 8-20 mm wide
with a flat leafed shaped. it has blunt anterior and poorly development of oral and sucker.
For the large intestinal fluke egg size is apporximately 130 -160 m long and 70-90 m wide
with yellow brown colored and ellipse shape. It has thin shell that is filled with yolk cell inside.

Reproduction
There is no seasonal period that favour fluke to reproduce. Reproduction can
occur all year long. When the adult F
anciolopsis buski is mature in its host, it
can produce eggs even they have a mate or not because it can either
self-fertilize or sexual reproduction. For self-fertilize occurs in the snail while
sexual reproduction occurs in mammalian host such as human or pigs.
Life Cycle
The adult giant intestinal fluke hosted in human intestine in the area of
duodenum (first section of small intestine) and jejunum (second section of
small intestine). Intestinal fluke will reproduce and fertilize eggs passed in
feces. When unembryonated eggs drop into water, embryonated eggs
develop into miracidia. Then, miracidia lives freely in the water and penetrate
into snail which is the first intemediate host. In snail tissue, miracidia develops
into sporocysts and rediae respectively. Normally, rediae has 2 generations
before develop into cercaria which live in snail tissue for 4 weeks. After that,
free-swimming cercaria will live in water plant and ingested into human or pig
body via the consumption of miracidia.

Habitat
Fanciolopsis buski usually found in aquatic environment where fresh water
plant grows such as water chestnut, water calthrop, water bamboo, water
morning glory lotus and water hyacinth.
Infection
Intestinal fluke can infect human by eating food contaminated with this type of fluke.
(Food-borne)
Symptoms
Most people do not have any symptom , but some can have an extensive pain at
abdominal area and 1-2 weeks of diarrhea. For the severe cases, they can have nausea,
vomiting, fever or even anemia. Siagnosisi can be made by observing and finding the flukes
and eggs in vomit and feces.
Negative Effects
Giant intestinal fluke clearly has a negative effect to human not only for causing
disease but also causing economic problem. Spreading out of giant intestinal fluke might
cause decline of income form tourism. People might avoid the area that intestinal fluke exist.
Treatment
For Fanciolopsis buski infection, we can take praziquantel pills in order to get rid of
the flukes by taking 25mg 3 times a day for 2 days. However, if it is not getting better, the
maximum dose people can take is 7 days that is the recommened amount.
Moreover, as this fluke appears mostly in rural area in South East Asia where the
climate is mostly tropical hot and humid all year longs. All plants and hers grow well in this
particular area, so we can use indigenous knowledge to kill the fluke by using herb which is
clove. Most importantly, clove can kill both adult fluke and its egg without taking a chemical
pills into your body.
Prevention
1.People should consume cooked food including vegetables or meats.
2.Give knowledge of how to limit the growth of fluke
3.Defecate in the restroom properly without defacate in the open area
4.Do not let animals fece into the river and dont use the fece to be fertilizer

References
Greiner, L. (2011). Fasciolopsis buski Facebook. Retrieved from
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Fasciolopsis_buski/
, . (n.d.). .Retrieved from
http://www.med.cmu.ac.th/dept/parasite/WEBTHAI/StudentSheets/331Lecture/
NewPdf/331/14. Fluke- .pdf