Fascioliasis

• During the acute stage of Fascioliasis, there is a LARVAL MIGRATION and WORM MATURATION in the HEPATIC TISSUE.
• What are the symptoms for the acute stage of fascioliasis?

  Dyspepsia, fever, and right upper quadrant abdominal pain
• What are the triad of diagnostic significance of the acute stage of fascioliasis?

  Sudden onset of high fever, hepatomegaly, and marked eosinophilia
• In the chronic stage of fascioliasis, there is a persistence of FASCIOLA WORMS in the BILIARY DUCTS.
• Adult worms during chronic stage of fascioliasis cause obstruction and stimulates inflammation in where?

  Bile ducts
• What are the symptoms of chronic fascioliasis?

  Periductal cirrhosis, Hemobilia, Obstructive jaundice, Liver atrophy, and Thickened bile ducts of cirrhosis
• In rare cases chronic stage of fascioliasis can cause what?

  Lithiasis and acute pancreatitis
• What is this?

  Thickened bile ducts or fibrosis

  
• Ectopic fascioliasis: type of fascioliasis in lungs, subcutaneous tissue, the brain, and the orbit
• Halzoun or Marara: ingestion of raw Fasciola-infected liver
• Halzoun or Marara causes what?

  Hemorrhagic nasopharyngitis and dysphagia
• Sheep liver rot: infects sheep