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  2. Maggot therapy - Wikipedia

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    Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection. There is evidence that ...

  3. Schistosomiasis - Wikipedia

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    For acute schistosomiasis (AS), praziquantel is ineffective on schistosomulae after 7 days and does not prevent the chronic phase of the disease. Too early treatment can worsen symptoms of AS. In some cases, this worsening of symptoms can be life-threatening by causing encephalitis related to vasculitis, myocarditis, or pulmonary events.

  4. Scyphozoa - Wikipedia

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    The larva develops into the hydroid stage of the lifecycle, a tiny sessile polyp called a scyphistoma. The scyphistoma reproduces asexually, producing similar polyps by budding, and then either transforming into a medusa, or budding several medusae off from its upper surface via a process called strobilation. The medusae are initially ...

  5. Dhat syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The term Dhat gets its origin from the Sanskrit word Dhatu (धातु), which, according to the Sushruta Samhita, means "elixir that constitutes the body".Indian doctor N. N. Wig coined the term Dhat syndrome in 1960, [13] and described it as being characterized by vague psychosomatic symptoms of fatigue, weakness, anxiety, loss of appetite, guilt, and sexual dysfunction, attributed by the ...

  6. Amygdalotomy - Wikipedia

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    Amygdalotomy, also known as amygdalectomy, is a form of psychosurgery which involves the surgical removal or destruction of the amygdala, or parts of the amygdala.It is usually a last-resort treatment for severe aggressive behavioral disorders and similar behaviors including hyperexcitability, violent outbursts, and self-mutilation.

  7. Macroorchidism - Wikipedia

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    Surgical removal of the tumor is the most important and advised option for treating macroorchidism caused by non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma. [12] A non-functioning pituitary adenoma is a kind of benign tumor that does not secrete active hormones , and is from the pituitary gland .

  8. Eucestoda - Wikipedia

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    Here, the larvae are trapped and usually develop into hydatid cysts. While the liver is the first filter for trapping them, the lungs act as the second filter site, trapping most of the larvae that are not trapped by the liver. Some larvae escape from the lungs to cause cysts in other tissues. [5]

  9. Gnathostomiasis - Wikipedia

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    The ingested third-stage larva migrates from the gastric wall and its migration results in the symptoms associated with infection by gnathostomiasis. [3] The third-stage larvae don't return to the gastric wall preventing it from maturing into adult worms, leaving the life cycle incomplete.