What Is Schistosomiasis?
6. Acute Schistosomiasis Symptoms
Even people with schistosomiasis who don’t show other symptoms will sometimes find small bumps on their skin that are itchy and red. These are the sites where the worms burrowed into the patient’s skin and they will likely remain for a few days or so. Other symptoms will take some time longer to appear.
When the other symptoms do appear, they will often include a fever and malaise. The patient will also often have abdominal pain and they can also have diarrhea. Joint and muscle pain are other relatively common symptoms of the condition. Patients will also sometimes develop a rash that it raised, red, and itchy.
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