paragonimiasis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Infection by Paragonimus (disorder), lung fluke disease, lung fluke infection, pulmonary paragonimiasis, Infection by Paragonimus, Paragonimus westermani infection
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by several species of lung flukes belonging to genus Paragonimus. Infection is acquired by eating crustaceans such as crabs and crayfishes which host the infective forms called metacercariae, or by eating raw or undercooked meat of mammals harboring the metacercariae from crustaceans.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Paragonimiasis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Paragonimiasis - Case 285.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Photomicrograph showing ova within lung parenchyma
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Fever, malaise, cough, chest pain
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Seizures
- Medical condition (new).duration
- months or years
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Paragonimus flatworms
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Eating undercooked crabs and crawfish
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Blood test, CT scan, serologic test
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Tuberculosis
- Medical condition (new).prevention
- Eating thoroughly cooked crustaceans
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Praziquantel, Triclabendazole
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- 23 million
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Paragonimiasis - Case 285 (13381830883).jpg
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- anatomical location
- abdomen
- symptoms and signs
- lung abscess
- medical examination
- magnetic resonance imaging
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84995
- health specialty
- helminthology
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10699
- ICD-9-CM
- 121.2
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- has natural reservoir
- shrimp
- has cause
- Paragonimus
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- corticosteroid
- possible treatment
- surgical operation
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Background
- Life cycle
- Geographic distribution
- Symptoms and diagnosis
- Treatment
- See also
- References
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Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by several species of lung flukes belonging to genus Paragonimus. Infection is acquired by eating crustaceans such as crabs and crayfishes which host the infective forms called metacercariae, or by eating raw or undercooked meat of mammals harboring the metacercariae from crustaceans.
More than 40 species of Paragonimus have been identified; 10 of these are known to cause disease in humans. The most common cause of human paragonimiasis is P. westermani, the oriental lung fluke.
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