Eating raw vegetables growing under water can clog bile, acute pancreatitis-Life Health

There are cases where there are no symptoms, only a physical examination can detect the lesion.

The Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of fascioliasis. Accordingly, the liver fluke is a parasitic disease caused by some species of liver fluke of the family Fasciolidae.

The clinical manifestations of the disease caused by fascioliasis are often nonspecific, depending on the stage of development and the location of the parasite, as well as the number of larvae that invade the human body.

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– The chronic stage is the stage of invasion of the bile ducts, often the symptoms are no longer typical, so it is easy to confuse them with other diseases. right rib and abdominal pain

The classic signs are: gastric discomfort, right upper quadrant or epigastric pain, cholecystitis, biliary tract, gallstones. The liver is always enlarged and may not be painful to palpation. Ascites can be seen in some cases.

– Mainly liver pain, indigestion, sometimes epigastric pain.

– May be accompanied by toxic infection, prolonged fever.

– Some cases of poor appetite, weight loss, digestive disorders, itchy papules/urticaria.

– There are cases where there are no symptoms, only detected tumors in the liver during physical examination or other medical examination, then it is determined that it is caused by large liver flukes….

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+ Clinical symptoms of liver fluke disease are often non-specific, in some cases there are no symptoms, only when physical examination can detect lesions.

+ The patient feels fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, fever, anemia.

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+ Abdominal pain: Pain in the right lower quadrant spread to the back (accounting for 70-80% of cases), or pain in the epigastrium or nasopharynx. The nature of pain is non-specific, can be dull pain, sometimes severe, intermittent pain, pain.

+ Fever: High fever, chills, sometimes prolonged fever.

+ Anemia: blue skin, pale mucous membranes. Seen in cases of prolonged infection.

+ Digestive disorders: The patient has a feeling of fullness in the stomach, indigestion, digestive disorders, nausea.

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+ Some patients have clinical manifestations of complications: biliary obstruction, cholangitis, acute pancreatitis, gastrointestinal bleeding…

+ The liver is enlarged or normal, the density is soft, and the pressure is painful.

+ Inflammatory reactions: multi-joint pain, muscle pain, redness of the skin.

+ There is an itchy skin rash, skin allergies occur in 20-30% of patients, manifesting as papules on the skin, mainly on the thighs, buttocks, back, itching, discomfort, discomfort.

Cough, difficulty breathing.

+ Fatigue, anorexia, weight loss.

+ Fever: erratic fever, can be high fever, chills or only a transient fever that goes away, sometimes prolonged fever.

+ Pleural effusion.

+ Symptoms show damage to the tissue where the parasite is located, such as joints, breasts, chest muscles, calves or other organs.

In order to prevent diseases, large liver fluke infections related to people’s eating habits and habits, the Ministry of Health recommends people not to eat raw vegetables growing under water; Do not drink plain water; People suspected of being infected with fascioliasis must go to a medical examination and treatment facility for timely diagnosis and treatment…