Gastroenterologist and hepatologist, candidate of medical sciences Sergei Vyalov told how people become infected with the liver fluke.
— Get such a wonderful fluke You can use water, grass or poorly washed vegetables. You can also get flukes by frequently interacting with snails or swimming in polluted waters, the doctor wrote in his blog.
The liver fluke is a parasitic worm, Fasciola hepatica, that infects the liver of humans and animals. It can cause serious illnesses such as fascioliasis.
A person can become infected with liver fluke by eating contaminated food. The worms enter the body through the digestive system and migrate to the liver.
People with fascioliasis experience the following symptoms:
- pain in the right hypochondrium,
- liver enlargement,
- jaundice,
- fatigue and weight loss
- sometimes liver failure.
To prevent liver fluke infection, it is recommended to eat only safe foods, wash your hands and avoid contact with contaminated water.
— Flukes should first be taken find and only then cure. Otherwise, you can take a long time to treat what is not there, or not cure what is there. The treatment is a course of antiparasitic tablets, Vyalov emphasized.
To identify fasciola, a blood sample is taken and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is performed. At an early stage of the disease, this is the only way to reliably determine whether there is actual infection with trematodes
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