Types Of Intestinal Worms, Bilharzia

Medics have established a clear difference between intestinal worms and bilharzia. According to them, bilharzia or schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by worms called schistosomes which live in the veins around the balder or the intestines. There are two main types of bilharzia including; Schistosoma haematobium also called urinary schistosomiasis and Schistosoma mansoni.  Health experts explain that urinary schistosomiasis is the only blood fluke that infects the urinary tract. Urinary schistosomiasis is the leading cause of bladder cancer (only next to tobacco smoking). Schistosoma mansoni or intestinal schistosomiasis is a species of flatworm that parasitizes humans and that causes liver and gastrointestinal tract disease. As for how infection takes place, experts explain that when someone who is infected defecates or urinates in water, the water becomes contaminated and anyone who is then in contact with the water becomes infected. 
On the other hand, experts have defined intestinal worms also known as intestinal helminthes as parasites which live in the human intestine for food and survival. They have equally established three main types including, roundworms, whipworms and hookworms. Roundworm, medics say, is a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the roundworm usually enter the body through contaminated water or food or on...