A disease caused by parasitic liver flukes.
Infection with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica, obtained by eating aquatic plants (e.g., watercress) with encysted forms of the flukes and common in many parts of the world, including the southern United States. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, jaundice, vomiting, and diarrhea; liver damage sometimes occurs. Treatment is by bithionol (TBP).
An infestation of the bile ducts and liver with the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Man acquires the infection through eating wild watercress on which the larval stages of the parasite are present. Symptoms include fever, dyspepsia, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominsd pain, and coughing; the liver may also be extensively damaged (causing liver rot). Emetine and chloroquine have been used in the treatment of fascioliasis.
Disease caused by the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. This is found in sheep, cattle and other herbivorous animals, and can be transmitted to humans from the infected animals by snails. The danger is in eating vegetables particularly wild watercress that have been infected by snails. The disease is characterised by fever, dyspepsia (indigestion), heavy sweating, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, urticaria, and a troublesome cough. In the more serious cases there may be severe damage to the liver, with or without jaundice. The diagnosis is confirmed by the finding of the eggs of the fluke in the stools. The two drugs used in treatment are bithionol and chloroquine.
Fascioliasis is a disease that impacts the liver and bile ducts, resulting from an infestation by the liver fluke species known as Fasciola Hepatica. This condition is contracted by consuming plant-based foods (like watercress) that have been contaminated with the larvae of this fluke. The typical treatment for Fascioliasis involves the use of anthelmintic drugs.