Guinea worm inguinal adenopathy.

Guinea Worm in the Inguinal Canal

Surgical Specialist, 13, I. G. Hospital, Peshawar. On the evening of 11th November, 1919, I was called to see an urgent case in the hospital, a patient admitted for the treatment of strangulated hernia. His name was Mandi Pechiar, of 147, Labour Corps, aged 20 years. From his appearance it struck me that ihe had no abdominal trouble. The patient noticed a swelling in the left inguinal region on...

Guinea-Worm

Extraction of Guinea-Worm

Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease).

Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a parasitic disease that is limited to remote, rural villages in 13 sub-Saharan African countries that do not have access to safe drinking water. It is one the next diseases targeted for eradication by the World Health Organization. Guinea worm disease is transmitted by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) that are infected with Dracunculiasis...

Guinea worm gone.

Animals bearing a cachexia-inducing tumour, the MAC16 adenocarcinoma, showed a progressive decrease in blood glucose levels with increasing weight loss, while animals bearing a histologically similar tumour, the MAC13 adenocarcinoma, showed no change in either body weight or blood glucose levels with growth of the tumour. The effect of the MAC16 tumour on blood glucose levels appeared to be unr...