Protozoa

Question 1

Portal hypertension in a man swimming in fresh water lake with snails?

Answer 1

Schistosomiasis affecting liver and spleen causing portal hypertension

Question 2

What is the intermediate host in schistosomiasis?

Answer 2

Fresh water snails

Question 3

Maturation of schistosomiasis cercaria occurs in which organ?

Answer 3

Liver

Cercaria transforms into adult forms

Question 4

How do adult schistosomia reach gut or urine to release eggs in feces and urine

Answer 4

Via portal circulation into mesentric venules

Venous plexus of bladder

Question 5

Complication of schistosomiasis in liver

Answer 5

Chronic exposure activates hepatic stellate cells
Collagen deposition periportal fibrosis
Portal hypertension