diagnosis
Last reviewed 01/2018
diagnosis
A detailed history together with physical examination is important in diagnosing the infection:
- medical history
- inquire about any recent travel to any endemic country or whether emigrated from an endemic country
- contact with a freshwater source e.g. - lakes, rivers, streams
- physical examination
- check for an urticarial rash (discrete erythematous raised lesions that vary in size from 1-3 cm)
- hepatomegaly and splenomagealy (in about a third of patients)
- dry or moist rales on auscultation of the lungs during the acute phase
- generalised lymphadenopathy
See linked item for investigations carried out for schistosomiasis
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