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Tapeworm infections are a type of intestinal worm infection that can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
A man can suspect from a mix of symptoms—most commonly anal itching, digestive upset, visible worms in stool, unexplained weight loss, or allergic-type rashes—but many infections cause no noticeable s...
Human infections with biliary or pancreatic flukes are treated with a mix of antiparasitic drugs—principally praziquantel for clonorchiasis/opisthorchiasis and triclabendazole for fascioliasis—supplem...
Standard human dosing of ivermectin for its approved parasitic indications is weight‑based—commonly 150–200 micrograms per kilogram (mcg/kg) as a single oral dose—but that regimen is not considered a ...
Tapeworm infections, Toxoplasma gondii infection (toxoplasmosis), and trichinosis are caused by fundamentally different parasites—cestodes, an apicomplexan protozoon, and a nematode respectively—and t...