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Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever [1] [2] [9] is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. [5] It affects the urinary tract or the intestines. [5] Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine. [5]
Historical accounts of Katayama disease dates back to the discovery of S. Japonicum in Japan in 1904. The disease was named after an area it was endemic to, Katayama district, Hiroshima, Japan. [11] If left untreated, it will develop into a chronic condition characterized by hepatosplenic disease and impaired physical and cognitive development.
Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 13 ]
Guillain-Barré syndrome (pronounced gee-YAH-buh-RAY) is a rare autoimmune disorder that has been getting attention recently because of its potential connection with the coronavirus. In a letter ...
The disease cluster was first noted through the routine case management arrangement between New Brunswick and federal health authorities, when experts from the CJDSS unit – which provides surveillance for "all types of human prion disease in Canada" – noticed a significant number of NB referrals had "some common symptoms and similar ...
Leaky gut syndrome; Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease; Legius syndrome; Leiner's disease; Lelis syndrome; Lemierre's syndrome; Lennox–Gastaut syndrome; Lenz microphthalmia syndrome; Lenz–Majewski syndrome; Leriche's syndrome; Leschke syndrome; Lesch–Nyhan syndrome; Lethal congenital contracture syndrome; Lethal white syndrome
Last July, Sonya Massey called 911 to report a potential prowler outside her Illinois home. Two minutes after entering, Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, who is White, fatally shot ...
From January 2011 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Anne M. Finucane joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a 37.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a 12.1 percent return from the S&P 500.