The most obvious symptoms of schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is a relatively serious parasitic disease in daily life, which endangers human health and is also quite widespread. The human body is infected when it comes into contact with water, passes through the skin, enters the body, and mainly parasitizes in the arterial system, causing many diseases, such as: fever, fear of cold, loss of appetite, diarrhea, etc. There are usually no obvious symptoms in the chronic stage. If you experience these symptoms, go to the hospital immediately for treatment.

The most obvious symptoms of schistosomiasis:

The onset is acute, with symptoms such as chills, fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and mild enlargement of the liver and spleen. Repeated infection with schistosomiasis usually manifests as chronic schistosomiasis. In mild cases, there are no subjective symptoms. Severe cases often present with abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, and varying degrees of anemia, weight loss, malnutrition, and hepatosplenomegaly. Late-stage patients develop cirrhosis, ascites and portal hypertension. Patients often die from liver damage and massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

When people come into contact with water containing schistosome cercariae, the cercariae quickly attach to the human skin. After about 10 to 20 seconds, the cercariae pass through the skin and enter the human body, and the person is then infected with schistosomes.