infectious diseases
Fascioliasis
Symptoms and Signs of Fascioliasis
Acute fascioliasis infection can cause abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, nausea, vomiting, intermittent fever, urticaria, malaise, and weight loss due to liver damage. Chronic infection may be asymptomatic or lead to intermittent abdominal pain, Cholelithiasis , cholangitis, obstructive Heavy infection can cause Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and biliary cirrhosis. Ectopic lesions may occur in the intestinal wall, lungs, or other organs. Pharyngeal fascioliasis that results in dysphagia has been reported after consumption of infected raw liver in the Middle East; this syndrome is called halzoun. Halzoun is not well characterized, and other pathogens have also been proposed as the etiology ( Symptoms and signs reference ). 1.Khalil G, Haddad C, Otrock ZK, et al: Halzoun, an allergic pharyngitis syndrome in Lebanon: the trematode Dicrocoelium dendriticum as an additional cause.Acta Trop125(1):115-118, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.013 