Hepatic schistosomiasis is a disease caused by liver fluke (medically known as Toxoplasma gondii) parasitizing the bile ducts of the human liver, and the patient is infected by eating uncooked freshwater fish and shrimp.
How is liver fluke transmitted to people? (Transmission routes)
1. People or animals eat freshwater fish and shrimp containing live cysts of liver fluke
2.The knives, cutting boards, containers or hands used for handling fish and shrimps may be contaminated with cysts, and infection may occur if they are not washed in time.
3.Feces of sick dogs and cats
Can eating raw fish dipped in seasoning or drinking alcohol kill liver fluke?
1, the resistance of liver fluke cysts is strong, general condiments such as soy sauce, vinegar is not easy to kill the cysts in fish; drinking white wine is also not easy to kill them
2.Experimentally, it is proved that the cysts are still alive when the fish is heated to 80℃ for one hour.
How to prevent Toxoplasma gondii?
1, do not eat “raw fish”, do not eat uncooked freshwater fish and shrimp
2, housewives should wash their hands and knives, cutting boards after handling fish and shrimp; separate raw and cooked kitchen utensils
3, do not feed raw fish and shrimp to dogs and cats
What should I do if I get schistosomiasis?
1.After finding antibodies to Schistosoma haematobium, repeatedly and carefully search for eggs in the stool.
2.After diagnosis, do not buy your own medicine to prevent accidents, but go to a hospital specialist for treatment.
3.After treatment, avoid eating raw fish again to avoid repeated infection.
Positive antibody to liver fluke can occur in
1.During the period of schistosome infection, i.e., patients with current schistosomes
2.After the liver fluke has been cleared and the liver fluke has been cured for a period of time
3, other parasitic infections (such as schistosomes, Schistosoma haematobium, etc.)
4.False positive (about 4%)