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Schistosomiasis

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schistosomiasis
type of disease
Subclass ofdistomatosis, neglected tropical disease Edit
Dem name afterTheodor Bilharz Edit
Has causeSchistosoma Edit
Health specialtyinfectious diseases Edit
Symptoms and signshematuria, diarrhea, nausea, chills Edit
ICD-9-CM120.8 Edit
ICPC 2 IDD96 Edit

Schistosomiasis, dem sanso know as snail fever, bilharzia, den Katayama fever[1][2][3] be a tropical disease, specifically a helminthiasis wey de parasitic flatworm of de genus Schistosoma cause.[4] Schistosomiasis dey affect humans as well as oda animals. E dey affect de urinary tract anaa de intestines.[4] Symptoms dey include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, anaa blood insyd de urine.[4] Those wey get a schistosomiasis infection for a long time fi experience liver damage, kidney failure, infertility, anaa bladder cancer.[4] Insyd kiddies, schistosomiasis fi cause failure to thrive, poor growth, den learning difficulties.[4] Schistosomiasis be classified as a helminth infection.[5]

Schistosomiasis be spread by contact plus fresh water contaminate plus parasites dem release from infected freshwater snails.[6][7][4] Medical diagnosis be made by finding de parasite ein eggs insyd a person ein urine anaa stool.[4] Diagnosis sanso fi be confirmed by finding antibodies against de disease insyd de blood.[4]

Methods of preventing de disease dey include improving access to clean water den reducing de number of snails.[4] Insyd areas wer de disease be common, de medication praziquantel fi be given once a year to de entire at-risk group.[4] Dis be done to decrease de number of people dem infect, den consequently, de spread of de disease.[4] Praziquantel sanso be de treatment wey de World Health Organization (WHO) recommend for those wey be known to be infected.[4]

De disease be especially common among kiddies insyd developing countries, as kiddies der be more likely to play insyd contaminated water.[4] Schistosomiasis sanso be common among women, as dem generally get greater exposure thru daily chores wey involve water, such as washing clothes den fetching water.[8] Oda high-risk groups dey include farmers, fishermen, den people wey dey use unclean water during daily living.[4]

Insyd 2019, schistosomiasis impact approximately 236.6 million individuals across de globe.[9] Each year, e be estimated say between 4,400 den 200,000 individuals succumb to am.[10][11] De illness predominantly dey occur insyd regions of Africa, Asia, den South America,[4] wer approximately 700 million individuals insyd over 70 nations reside insyd regions wer de disease be prevalent.[10][12] Insyd tropical regions, schistosomiasis dey rank as de second most economically significant parasitic disease, second only to malaria.[13] Schistosomiasis be classified as a neglected tropical disease.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Schistosomiasis (bilharzia)". NHS Choices. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Schistosomiasis". patient.info (in English). Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  3. ↑ Colley DG, Bustinduy AL, Secor WE, King CH (June 2014). "Human schistosomiasis". Lancet. 383 (9936): 2253–64. Bibcode:2014Lanc..383.2253C. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61949-2. PMC 4672382. PMID 24698483.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Schistosomiasis Fact sheet N°115". World Health Organization. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chapter 3 Infectious Diseases Related To Travel". cdc.gov. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia): Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology". Schistosomiasis. 2024-10-29.
  7. ↑ CDC (2024-06-17). "About Schistosomiasis". Schistosomiasis (in American English). Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  8. ↑ Trienekens, Suzan C. M.; Faust, Christina L.; Meginnis, Keila; Pickering, Lucy; Ericsson, Olivia; Nankasi, Andrina; Moses, Arinaitwe; Tukahebwa, Edridah M.; Lamberton, Poppy H. L. (2020-05-13). "Impacts of host gender on Schistosoma mansoni risk in rural Uganda—A mixed-methods approach". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (in English). 14 (5) e0008266. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008266. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 7219705. PMID 32401770.
  9. ↑ "Schistosomiasis". www.who.int (in English). 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  10. 1 2 Thétiot-Laurent SA, Boissier J, Robert A, Meunier B (July 2013). "Schistosomiasis chemotherapy". Angewandte Chemie. 52 (31): 7936–56. Bibcode:2013ACIE...52.7936T. doi:10.1002/anie.201208390. PMID 23813602.
  11. ↑ 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 life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1459–1544. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31012-1. PMC 5388903. PMID 27733281.
  12. ↑ "Schistosomiasis A major public health problem". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  13. ↑ The Carter Center. "Schistosomiasis Control Program". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  14. ↑ "Neglected Tropical Diseases". cdc.gov. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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