dracunculiasis

• Doença parasitária dolorosa e debilitante causada pelo verme da Guiné (Dracunculus medinensis), contraída ao beber água estagnada contaminada com larvas do parasita, que amadurecem no corpo humano e acabam saindo por uma bolha dolorosa na pele.

A painful and debilitating parasitic infection caused by the Guinea worm, contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with its larvae, which mature inside the human body and eventually emerge through a painful blister in the skin.

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1. Guinea worm diseaseC2formalmedical

   A painful and debilitating parasitic infection caused by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae. The larvae mature inside the human body, and the adult worm eventually emerges through a painful blister in the skin.

   Dracunculíase

   • Dracunculiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects rural communities without access to clean water.
   • The emergence of the worm from a blister is the most painful stage of dracunculiasis.
   • Efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis have focused on providing filtered water and health education.

   Sinônimosguinea worm disease