Who discovered the bilharzia germ

Written By The HealthMeth Team - Updated On Monday, October 11, 2021 7:00 PM

Schistosomiasis germ

Is a parasitic disease caused by worms Schistosoma and affects many developing countries are not considered Schistosoma disease deadly but this disease leads to the speed of the body of the patient consumption, and the cause of it is that these worms consist of a male and female and made their life cycle and reproduction within the human body and disease begins moving inside the body The afflicted is generation after generation.


Schistosomiasis discoverer

He is the German doctor (Theodor Bilhars) and his method of discovery in the year 1851 was that many Egyptians were infected with this disease and were depleting their strength from a long time ago, and Theodore knew that it was caused by the presence of an absorbent type of Schistosomiasis worms. The worm is one centimeter.


Symptoms of schistosomiasis

Symptoms of the disease differ in different stages of the schistosomiasis life in the body, and among these symptoms:

  • When penetrating the skin: In most cases it is imperceptible and the person does not feel it, except that he suffers from itching on the skin.
  • When schistosomiasis excretes eggs: in most cases it is imperceptible and the person does not feel it except that he suffers from the presence of heat in the itchy skin.
  • When deposition of eggs: When you Dodoh bilharzia produce eggs they lead to cirrhosis in the tissues of the liver without the patient's sense, and then comes an advanced stage where the symptoms appear high blood pressure begins with the deterioration of liver function and gets intestinal bleeding and inflation in the abdomen due to fluid, and in the bladder lead to cirrhosis Its wall, and a blockage in the ureter occurs in one of the two kidneys and may lead to kidney failure.


Elimination of schistosomiasis

  • Prevention of disease: and it is by avoiding the use or washing of canal water and water contaminated with syrup. When using this water, it must be disinfected from using chlorine.
  • Limiting the spread of the parasite: Persons should be prevented from urinating or defecating in streams and rivers.
  • Health education: The level of citizens ’education should be raised about some health advice through documentary films, the importance of early treatment, and the problems that could lead to water pollution by polluting it.
  • Treatment: There is a treatment with specific doses and within a simple period, and one of the most popular drugs is praziquantel, which is an initial stage treatment to eliminate schistosomiasis. .
  • Eliminate places (snails) Bilharziasis be through the breeding of ducks and other species of birds that feed on snails and have it to balance environmental, and also spray pesticides, especially in water to eliminate sewage on places of worms and specially in developing areas and the prevention of this disease.


Famous people have contracted schistosomiasis

Abdel Halim Hafez, where he contracted bilharzia from a young age when he was playing in the polluted water of canals, and he died because of it.