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Question
Dear doctor! Lately, I often have pain in both sides that radiates to the back. I suspect I have a liver fluke. Currently, due to the social isolation, I cannot go to the doctor for advice! I thank you very much, Doctor.
Kim Thoa (Da Nang City)
Reply
Hello! Liver flukes are gastrointestinal diseases caused by parasites. Cause of liver fluke disease: Larvae, cysts of liver fluke exist in dirty food and dirty water. They enter the body through the gastrointestinal tract, reach the stomach and duodenum, then split into the blood and move to the liver, where they begin to parasitize and cause disease. At that time, the body begins to secrete antibodies against the liver fluke, if blood tests show antibodies against the liver fluke, there is a high risk that the patient has been infected with the liver fluke.
Liver fluke disease has no clear and specific disease signs, only signs similar to liver diseases such as: unexplained mild fever, headache, dizziness. Flatulence, indigestion, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, nausea. Pain, pain in the liver area often, intermittently, lasting. Her symptoms of pain in the flanks radiating to the back can be caused by many different causes, so to diagnose the disease, a doctor needs a comprehensive and specific examination.
You can go to the hepatobiliary department at the hospital of Vinmec Health System to have diagnostic tests such as hepatobiliary ultrasound, fluke ELISA, stool test, fluid for helminth eggs.
Thank you for sending questions to Vinmec, looking forward to meeting you for more specific advice!
Answered by Master, Doctor Ta Que Phuong - Gastroenterologist - Endoscopy - Department of General Internal Medicine - Vinmec Times City International Hospital.
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