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1) The document discusses liver fluke infection, which is caused by eating undercooked animals infected with trematode parasites that travel from the intestine to the liver. 2) Symptoms of liver fluke infection include fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea as the parasites interrupt the biliary system and cause inflammation. 3) Additional symptoms are malaise, decreased appetite, weight loss, and hives as an early immune response to the parasitic invasion.

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Immune System

1) The document discusses liver fluke infection, which is caused by eating undercooked animals infected with trematode parasites that travel from the intestine to the liver. 2) Symptoms of liver fluke infection include fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea as the parasites interrupt the biliary system and cause inflammation. 3) Additional symptoms are malaise, decreased appetite, weight loss, and hives as an early immune response to the parasitic invasion.

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Infected

With Liver Flukes


- Immune response -

It is a type of infection that is typically get from eating the


infected or not cooked animal such as pig, fish, or fresh What is it?
animals. There are the parasite worms called trematodes
which travel from intestine to liver and live in that organ.

Fever
Flukes interrupt the biliary
Symptoms system then it may cause the
Malaise
Another early phase of liver
fever in early period of the
fluke infection that causes a
infection. The body
general feeling of being
temperature may raise to 40
unwell. It may occur again if
the liver is damaged by long-
standing infection.
Abdominal Pain
Flukes will travel from
intestine to the liver so it
causes pain in the upper Nausea, Vomiting and Diarrhea
right abdomen. Due to the inflammation in
biliary tract, it can lead to
nausea, vomit, and diarrhea
(gastrointestinal symptoms).
Decreased Appetite and
Weight Loss
Long period of liver flunk
can cause decreased appetite
which then leads to weight . Hives
The most early sign of the illness is
hives which is triggered by the
immune system's response to
invasion by the parasites.
Immune
response

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