Temperatures have risen recently
Friends are not ready to move
I can't hold back the impulse in my heart
Think of wild fishing, fishing, and playing in the water
Beat the heat?
Forwards etc!
Recently, Guangdong CDC issued a reminder
Be cautious when going out to play in the water
Beware of schistosomiasis
Commonly known as "big belly disease", the belly is as big as a drum in the late stage of infection
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by schistosomiasis parasitizing the human body and is listed by the World Health Organization as one of the 21 neglected tropical diseases.
After the human body is infected with schistosomiasis, there is no standardized treatment or repeated infection, and when it develops to an advanced stage, symptoms such as hepatosplenomegaly and ascites will appear, showing skinny and large belly, regardless of men and women. Therefore, it is commonly known as "big belly disease".
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How schistosoma is transmitted
Is it possible to be exposed to it in daily life?
Attention! Schistosoma spreads like this
(1) A person or animal infected with schistosomiasis excretes feces containing schistosomiasis eggs into the water;
(2) the intermediate host of schistosomiasis transmission, the snail, lives in the water, and then produces cercariae that can infect humans;
Snails
(3) Human contact with water bodies containing cercariae (infested water).
Life history of blood flukes
It can be infected after 10 seconds of exposure to infected water
According to Guangdong Disease Control and Prevention, the most direct cause of schistosomiasis infection is contact with water bodies containing schistosomiasis cercariae without protection.
Daily behaviors, such as production (rice planting, grass cutting, catching fish and shrimp, etc.), life (washing, washing vegetables, swimming, playing in the water, etc.) contact with infected water, or direct drinking of infected water. In just 10 seconds, small bugs will burrow into the human body through the skin and mucous membranes and cause infection!
After infection, it is easy to mistake it for a "cold"
Some patients may experience a tingling-like sensation on the skin after exposure to the infested water, followed by pimples and itching.
Pimples and itching appear after contact with infected water
● After 1~5 days, there may be cough (easy to mistake for cold), and the lung symptoms of recurrent infection are more serious.
● After an incubation period of 30-60 days, there will be fever, liver enlargement and peripheral blood eosinophilia, accompanied by liver tenderness, spleen enlargement, cough, abdominal distension and diarrhea and other symptoms.
● Patients with recurrent infections who have not been treated with standard treatment can develop advanced schistosomiasis.
Do the following two things to prevent schistosomiasis
Pestrated waters
The direct cause of schistosomiasis infection is contact with water bodies containing schistosomiasis cercariae, and the key to preventing infection is not touching infected water and safe water.
1. Always pay attention to whether there are relevant warning signs on the shore! Try to avoid swimming, playing, laundry, fishing in rivers, lakes, ponds, ditches and other water bodies where there are snails breeding or uncertain risks;
2. Due to the needs of production, life and flood control, it is inevitable to come into contact with the infected water where Schistosoma cercariae may exist, and prevent infection with Schistosoma by wearing protective equipment (rubber gloves, rubber shoes, rubber clothing, rubber pants, etc.), applying protective cream (agent), and taking preventive medicine;
Seek medical attention promptly
If you have symptoms such as fever and diarrhea after about one month of exposure to infected water, go to the hospital or schistosomiasis control institution as soon as possible for examination, treatment or consultation.
Source丨Guangdong CDC, Guangzhou Daily
Editor丨hoe medicine