Sentences with phrase «dysentery parasites»

This article appeared in print under the headline «Dysentery parasites love chomping on the cells of the gut»

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So we looked at endoparasites; these are parasitic worms and single - cell parasites that cause dysentery, for example, and looked at all the archaeological evidence for these right across the Roman Empire compared with the evidence in the Bronze and Iron Age, but before the Roman Empire.

Despite the Romans» sanitation technology, Mitchell found that intestinal parasites like whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and Entamoeba histolytica (the causative agent of dysentery) increased in areas after the Romans showed up.

However, new archaeological research has revealed that — for all their apparently hygienic innovations — intestinal parasites such as whipworm, roundworm and Entamoeba histolytica dysentery did not decrease as expected in Roman times compared with the preceding Iron Age, they gradually increased.

Dysentery is an inflammation of the intestines caused by an infectious agent such as a parasite, protazoa or worm — so you are likely referring to diarrhea.

Due to its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and astringent properties, pomegranate haven been traditionally used for alleviating diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, upset stomach, and hemorrhoids, as well as for eliminating intestinal parasites.