Ginger Disease

Fasciolopsiasis (fasciolopsiasis) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by fasciolopsis buski, referred to as fasciolopsia buski, which is parasitic in the intestines of humans and pigs. It is clinically used to treat gastrointestinal tracts such as abdominal pain and diarrhea Symptoms predominate. Adult worms have larger bodies, developed suction cups, and strong adsorption forces, which cause mechanical damage to the intestine than other intestinal trematodes. When the number is large, they can also cover the intestinal wall, hinder absorption and digestion, and their metabolites can cause allergies. Adsorbed mucosa can develop inflammation, bleeding, edema, necrosis, shedding, and even ulcers. Infiltration of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and eosinophils at the lesion site increased intestinal mucosal secretion. Abdominal pain and diarrhea often occur when there are many worms, malnutrition, digestive dysfunction, decreased albumin, and lack of various vitamins; diarrhea and constipation may appear alternately, and even intestinal obstruction. Severely infected children may have wasting, anemia, edema, ascites, mental retardation, and developmental disorders. In cases of repeated infections, a small number can be caused by failure and collapse. Pigs are the host of this insect and the main source of infection. The disease is mainly distributed in temperate and subtropical Asian countries, such as Japan, North Korea, the Philippines and Southeast Asian countries. It is more common in China in the southeast coastal areas and in the provinces of the Yangtze River basin where water sources are abundant and where aquatic plants such as rhododendrons and cormorants are abundant. According to the data from the 1950s to the 1980s, the average positive rate of fecal worm eggs in the population was 38%, and the infection rate was high among farmers and elementary school students.

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