Cryptosporidium infection is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidia. Watery diarrhoea and stomach cramps are the major symptoms.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- CAUSES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- TREATMENTS FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- PROGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- COMPLICATIONS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION AND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- HOME REMEDIES FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- YOGA FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Watery diarrhoea
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Reduced appetite
- Weakness
- Stomach cramps
- Bloating
- Flatulence
CAUSES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Cryptosporidium infection is caused by a parasite Cryptosporidia.
- The infection spreads through unhygienic drinking water and food.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
The parasite enters the gut through contaminated food and water, after entering the gut the oocysts of cryptosporidia invades small bowel epithelia, where they undergo asexual division followed by sexual division and produce mature oocysts that are shed in the stool.
DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Diagnosis through signs and symptoms
- Stool culture
TREATMENTS FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Antiparasitic drugs
- Nutrient supplementation
- Intake of fluids
PROGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Prognosis is based on the condition of the patient
COMPLICATIONS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Malabsorption
- Pancreatitis
- Inflammation of gall bladder
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION AND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda, the treatment of Cryptosporidium infection is based on atisara chikilsa.
- Cryptosporidium infection can be correlated with the disease ‘vishuchika’ in Ayurveda.
- Cryptosporidium infection is considered a communicable disease ( janapadha udwamsana vyadhi)
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Intake of unhygienic food and water
- Excessive vitiation of doshas
- Defect in the normal functioning of agni (digestive power)
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Abdominal cramps followed by diarrhoea
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Vata, pitta and kapha dosha move through all channels of circulation. Due to the subtle nature of vata it impels the remaining two doshas.
- The aggravated vata having provoked these two doshas, exacerbated and fills up the empty channels and moves greatly inside them or by getting enveloped by the other doshas.
- The aggravated doshas reside in the intestine (site of agni) and produce abdominal pain followed by diarrhoea
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Atisara – watery stools
- Sula – abdominal cramps
- Trishna – thirst
- Chardi – vomiting
- Ksheena – weakness
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Ayurvedic treatments are effective in the early stages of cryptosporidium infection
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Kutajaghana vati
- Vatsakadi churna
- Kutajarishtam
- Dadimashtaka churna
- Kapithashtaka churna
- Vilwadi gulika
- Mustakarishta
- Mustadi pramadhya
- Vidanga lauha
- Gangadhara churna
AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Pichavasti – medicated enema
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
Internal administration
- Kutajaghana vati
- Vatsakadi churna
- Thakrarishta Churna
- Kutajarishtam
- Dadimashtaka churna
- Kapithashtaka churna
- Vilwadi gulika
- Mustakarishta
- Mustadi pramadhya
- Vidanga lauha
- Gangadhara churna
HOME REMEDIES FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Fluid intake
- Avoid chances of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible food items, gruels
- Avoid taking food and water from the disease prevalent areas
- Take proper rest.
YOGA FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from irritations associated with cryptosporidium infection
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, and the body relaxed. The patient has to close one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
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