Lung and liver flukes

Foodborne trematodes

“…The migration of the juvenile forms to the liver and the presence of the fluke in the circulatory system and biliary ducts are the main cause of the symptoms of fasciolosis, which depend on the location of the parasite. Signals of clinical fasciolosis include abdominal pain, frequently localized to the right hypochondrium, anorexia and weight loss, malaise, mild intermittent fever, mild hepatomegaly, jaundice, biliary abnormalities, traumatic and necrotic lesions in hepatic tissue, and fibrosis of the biliary ducts (Haswell-Elkins and Elkins, 1998;Mas-Coma et al, 2007). Signals of clinical fasciolosis include abdominal pain, frequently localized to the right hypochondrium, anorexia and weight loss, malaise, mild intermittent fever, mild hepatomegaly, jaundice, biliary abnormalities, traumatic and necrotic lesions in hepatic tissue, and fibrosis of the biliary ducts (Haswell-Elkins and Elkins, 1998;Mas-Coma et al, 2007).…”