Guinea Worm Disease Research Paper

Guinea worm water disease, it’s caused by the parasites that live and develop in contaminated water such as pond. This disease infects population when they drink or contact to water that has been contaminated by this parasite. The guinea worm is a global health problem and every individual can get exposed to it, it has become so common in the recent times because of the global water shortages, therefore some people forced to use even the dirty and contaminated water for their daily use, as lack of aces to clean drinking water has led to large spread of this disease. It is easy to human to get Guinea worm disease when they drink or sit in water that contains the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. Human that has Guinea worm as an infection wound
The global climate change has also led to drying up some of the water sources. The shortage of water has forced people to use the available water from ponds and rivers for drinking which is dirty and contaminated and contain a lot of parasitic diseases causing the guinea worm disease.
According to Medicine net People become infected with Guinea worm because of drinking water from ponds or rivers that containing tiny "water fleas" which carry the Guinea worm eggs. The water fleas that live in this water sources eat the guinea worm larvae. When drink, the larvae are released from copepods in the stomach and penetrate the digestive system, passing it into the body. During the next 10-14 months, the female larvae develop into adult size. These adults have measuring size 2-3 feet long and as wide as a cooked macaroni noodle.
When the adult female worm is ready to show in the skin, it produces a blister on the body skin, but common on the legs and feet. This blister causes a very painful burning feeling from day to72 hours, which release white liquid (milky) into water supply when contact and starts the cycle over