Uncooked Fish eating causing Megaloblastic Anemia is due to ?: (A) H. nana, (B) Taenia saginata, (C) Echinococcus, (D) Diphyllobothrium Latum
Answer is D. Diphyllobothrium latum /Fish tapeworm DH-Man, IH-1st- cyclops 2nd- fish if man eats uncooked fish then larvae is ingested changes to ADULT forms-these adult forms settle up in small and large intestine - these decreases VIT B12absorption - causing megablastic anaemia