fasciolopsiasis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Infection by Fasciolopsis buski (disorder), Infectious Disease by Fasciolopsis, Infection by Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans, growing up to long.
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- Subclass of
- distomatosis
- Image
- Fasciolopsis buski egg 08G0039 lores.jpg
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- has natural reservoir
- Planorbis
- anatomical location
- pancreas
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 2
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 2
- symptoms and signs
- apathy
- has cause
- Fasciolopsis buski
- health specialty
- infectious diseases
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:888
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C128388
- ICD-9-CM
- 121.4
- Commons category
- Fasciolopsiasis
- medical examination
- optical microscope
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- hexachlorophene
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Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans, growing up to long.
==Signs and symptoms== Most infections are light, almost asymptomatic. In heavy infections, symptoms can include abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, anemia, ascites, toxemia, allergic responses, sensitization caused by the absorption of the worms' allergenic metabolites can lead to intestinal obstruction and may eventually cause death of the patient.
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