The risk of infection with liver flukes by eating raw fish adults can be as long as 20 to 30 years

Popular science [edible fish infection with liver flukes risk of adult incubation period can be as long as 20 to 30 years! According to statistics, the average infection rate in China's liver fluke epidemic areas is 2.4%, while guangdong (especially Panyu, Shunde and other places) like to eat raw fish due to eating habits, and the infection rate is much higher than the average, reaching 16.4%. In addition, the construction of toilets on fish ponds in some areas also increases the likelihood of parasites entering the fish. After infection with liver flukes, the incidence and severity depend on the number of adult worms parasitizing in the bile ducts, the mild ones have no clinical symptoms, and the severe ones are manifested as acute fever, abdominal pain, biliary tract infection, and without timely intervention, there is a risk of progression to liver fiber, cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Moreover, the incubation period of hepatic fluke disease is long, and the interval from eating contaminated food to the appearance of symptoms of the disease tends to be longer, so it will initially be attributed to "acute gastroenteritis". Adult liver flukes can parasitize in the human body for up to 20-30 years, and when the liver is problematic, a test will find out. (via Health Appointment)

Source: Guangdong 12320