Liver Disease is sometimes misdiagnosed as Schistosomiasis

It has been reported that some patients have been misdiagnosed with Schistosomiasis, when in fact the correct diagnosis in their specific case was Liver Disease.

Liver failure occurs when the liver stops functioning normally. Symptoms of liver failure include skin and eyes that are yellow in colour, abdominal pain and swelling, swelling in the legs and ankles, itchy skin, dark coloured urine, pale white coloured faeces, severe fatigue, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and bruising easily. Liver failure can be misdiagnosed as pseudocirrhosis, fulminant hepatic failure, military metastases, sarcoidosis, schistosomiasis, congenital hepatic fibrosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, early primary biliary cirrhosis, chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome, nodular regenerative hyperplasia and chronic portal vein thrombosis.

Always consult your doctor or health professional, and do not self diagnose.

Symptoms can include:

Dark urine colour, pale stool colour, chronic fatigue, jaundice, abdominal pain and swelling, swelling in the legs and ankles, tendency to bruise easily, itchy skin, nausea or vomiting, loss of appetite

Symptoms are a guideline only and may apply to either the diagnosis or the reported misdiagnosis, or both. Consult your specialist for further information.

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