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Schistosomiasis
| Schistosomiasis | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Bilharzia, snail fever, Katayama fever[1][2] |
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| 11-year-old boy with abdominal fluid and portal hypertension due to schistosomiasis (Agusan del Sur, Philippines) | |
| Pronunciation | |
| Medical specialty | Infectious disease |
| Symptoms | Abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, blood in the urine[5] |
| Complications | Liver damage, kidney failure, infertility, bladder cancer[5] |
| Causes | Schistosomes from freshwater snails[5] |
| Diagnostic method | Finding eggs of the parasite in urine or stool, antibodies in blood[5] |
| Prevention | Access to clean water[5] |
| Medication | Praziquantel[5] |
| Frequency | 252 million (2015)[6] |
| Deaths | 4,400–200,000[7][8] |
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia,[9] is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes.[5] The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected.[5]
Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine.[5] Those who have been infected for a long time (chronic infection) may experience liver damage, kidney failure, infertility, or bladder cancer.[5] In children, it may cause poor growth and learning difficulty.[5]
- ↑ "Schistosomiasis (bilharzia)". NHS Choices. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ↑ "Schistosomiasis". Patient.info. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "schistosomiasis - definition of schistosomiasis in English from the Oxford dictionary". OxfordDictionaries.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ "Schistosomiasis". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Schistosomiasis Fact sheet N°115". World Health Organization. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ↑ Vos T, Allen C, Arora M, Barber RM, Bhutta ZA, Brown A, et al. (GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators) (October 2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1545–1602. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6. PMC 5055577. PMID 27733282.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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GBD2015Dewas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ Colley DG, Bustinduy AL, Secor WE, King CH (June 2014). "Human schistosomiasis". Lancet. 383 (9936): 2253–64. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61949-2. PMC 4672382. PMID 24698483.
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