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| Alternative Names: | Bilharzia; Katayama fever; Swimmer's itch; Blood fluke
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| Treatment: | - Praziquantel
- With acute infection, corticosteroids may be given
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| Expectations (prognosis): | Treatment before significant damage or severe complications usually produces good results.
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| Complications: | - Kidney and bladder obstruction
- Chronic renal failure
- Bladder cancer
- Chronic liver damage with an enlarged spleen
- Colon inflammation with bloody diarrhea
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Right sided heart failure
- Seizures
- Recurrent blood infections can occur because bacteria can enter the bloodstream via the colon if it has become irritated
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| Calling your health care provider: | Call your health care provider if you have traveled to an area where the disease is known to exist, have had exposure to contaminated or suspect bodies of water, or have developed symptoms suggestive of schistosomiasis.
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Review Date: 8/14/2002
Reviewed By: Donna R. Cooper, MD, MPH. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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