Table 4: Stages of Schistosomiasis by SM.
ACUTE PHASE |
CHRONIC PHASE |
KATAYAMA’S FEVER URTICARIA MYALGIA HEADACHE DIARRHEA EOSINOPHILIA (causing encephalitis without vasculitis) |
ABDOMINAL PAIN INAPETENCE DIARRHEA IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA NO HEMATIC CHANGES (no eosinophilia) NORMAL TRANSAMINASES SYMMERS’ FIBROSIS - occlusion of the portal vein (non-cirrhotic) by
collagen deposition along the stellate cells of the periportal space SPLENOMEGALY SHUNT PORTO CAVA GLOMERULOPATHY (proteinuria with nephrotic syndrome) |