Study Source: Int'l Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine / 2018
ABSTRACT
90% of parasites produce myocarditis. Ascaris lumbricoides (Round worm) Ancylostoma duodenale, (Hook worms) Enterobius vermicularis (Pin worm, Thread worm ) Loa loa (African eye worm), Wuchereria bancrofti (Filarial worm), Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), Trichuris trichiura (Whip worm), Trichinella spiralis (Trichina worm) Dirofilaria (Dog heart worm), Taenia solium (Pig tape worm), Taenia saginata (Beef tape worm), Diphyllobothrium latum (Fish tape worm), Echinococcus granulosus (Dog tape worm), Hymenolepis nana (Dwarf tape worm), Schistosoma haematobium (Blood fluke), Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), Protozoan parasites like Entamoeba histolytica, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma gambiense, Toxoplasma gondii etc. Parasites produce a toxic and allergic manifestation that leads to myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, acute heart failure, elevation of myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, neglected tropical diseases such as hidden cause of cardio vascular disease etc. But yet parasites are ignored by cardiologists, clinicians and scientists. The parasites produce toxic metabolites and increase hypereosinophilic. These toxic metabolites and eosinophils will show the following adverse effects on heart. They damage heart myocytes, neuronal damage, micro vascular damage and direct cell mediated damage.
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