A tropical disease in which the lungs are infested with the fluke of the genus Paragonimus and the person has bronchitis and coughs up blood.
A tropical disease, occurring principally in the Far East, caused by the presence of the fluke Paragonimus westermani in the lungs. The infection is acquired by eating inadequately cooked shellfish, such as crayfish and crabs. Symptoms resemble those of chronic bronchitis, including the coughing up of blood and difficulty in breathing (dyspnea). Paragonimiasis is treated with the drugs bithionol and chloroquine.
A tropical disease found mainly in the Far East. It is caused by infections of the lungs by a parasitic fluke called Paragonimus westermani. The infection is acquired by eating insufficiently cooked shellfish. The affected person has symptoms similar to those of chronic bronchitis; treatment is with the drugs chloroquine and bithionol.
Infection with worms of the genus Paragonimus. The clinical signs depend on the path the worm takes in migrating through the body, after the larvae contained in partially cooked freshwater crabs or crayfish are eaten. The larvae migrate from the duodenum to various organs, including the lungs, intestinal wall, lymph nodes, brain, subcutaneous tissues, and genitourinary tract. When the lungs are involved, the symptoms are cough and hemoptysis. In peritoneal infections, there may be an abdominal mass, pain, and dysentery. When the larvae invade the brain, paralysis, epilepsy, homonymous hemianopsia, optic atrophy, and papilledema are common. In some cases, the infected person may appear to be well. This infection is treated by administration of praziquantel.
Infection by flukes belonging to the Paragonimus genus.