You can become infected with echinococcosis (the causative agent is echinococcus, which belongs to the tapeworm group) even from your own dog if it was in contact with other representatives of its species. About this issue in an interview with the Public News Service warned therapist, sonographer and parasitologist Eduard Bartuli. According to him, stray dogs and those who hunt wild animals often become carriers of the parasite.
“The only effective way to avoid contracting echinococcal infection is to maintain basic hygiene, especially washing your hands with soap,” the doctor emphasized.
As for the symptoms of the disease, according to the expert, it may not manifest itself until very advanced stages. In this case, the patient may begin to complain of pain on the right side during physical activity. Bartuli stated that up to this point, echinococcosis could only be detected by ultrasound examination.
Doctors in Bashkiria last November saved a life A patient diagnosed with echinococcosis from the Kuyurgazinsky district.
The disease was discovered during “medical descent” studies. An ultrasound specialist from Kumertau City Hospital examined patients in the village of Kinya-Abyz. A cyst was detected in the liver of one of the women. The patient was sent for additional examination, where this disease was detected.
Russian doctors before deleted a tumor containing larvae from the child’s head.
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Source: Gazeta
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