What symptoms does liver parasitic disease cause

Parasites have always been with us, but sometimes they are not so active. However, due to some living habits of people, parasites can become rampant. If you like to keep pets in your life but don’t pay attention to their hygiene, it will cause some parasitic diseases. In terms of diet, it is related to liking to eat raw food or not cooking the food. Liver parasites can only be discovered through examination, so when some symptoms appear in the body, you must pay attention.

1. Hepatitis-like reaction

Acute cases may cause fever, abdominal pain, urticaria, and liver enlargement. These are the symptoms caused by Fasciola hepatica, which are generally divided into 4 stages.

The acute phase may cause fever, abdominal pain, flatulence, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation.

Gastrointestinal discomfort occurs during the latent period, but it is not obvious.

The chronic stage causes fatigue, right upper quadrant pain, nausea, anorexia, anemia, and jaundice.

Ectopic damage means that the parasites appear outside the liver and can even flow through the blood to the lungs, stomach, eye sockets and other parts.

If you have the habit of eating raw beef or mutton, this parasite will also appear in the throat.

2. Cholecystitis

Sinensis fluke can cause reactions similar to cholecystitis and cholangitis. Severe infections can manifest as allergies, gastrointestinal discomfort, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, weakness in the limbs, and aversion to greasy food.

S. sinensis likes to parasitize in humans and carnivorous mammals. The first host is snails, the second host is fish and shrimp, and finally it parasitizes humans, cats, dogs, etc. Therefore, eating sashimi, fish sashimi, fish sushi, or incompletely heating seafood may cause parasites to enter the body.

3. Pain in the liver area accompanied by shortness of breath

Echinococcus granulosus may appear in many places in the human body, but most often in the liver. Mild pain will occur in the infected area, and shortness of breath and chest pain will occur in the lungs. It is easily accompanied by urticaria, poisoning, gastrointestinal dysfunction, weight loss, etc.

The final host of Echinococcus granulosus is carnivores such as dogs. If humans accidentally eat the eggs, they are also prone to infection. Therefore, the chances of pets at home getting parasitic infections are higher than for ordinary people. And it is easy to develop into echinococcosis.