Eating Water Spinach Infected With Parasites Not?

Morning glory is an important source of vitamins, fiber, and minerals. Morning glory is used in many familiar dishes such as: spinach salad, sweet and sour spinach, or grated spinach served with rice vermicelli, rice vermicelli soup ... However, if you eat raw spinach, do not wash it, there is a risk

. Infection with pathogenic parasites, especially large liver fluke.
In addition to water spinach, eating foods that are at high risk of liver fluke infection?
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The larvae of the giant liver fluke live in ponds and lakes, clinging to vegetables that grow underwater. Therefore, when eating raw vegetables all grown under water, not only eating water spinach is at risk of liver fluke infection The vegetables that grow in the water that people often eat are: watercress (watercress), water spinach, cilantro (cilantro), braised vegetables (cilantro), cilantro ..



. In addition, when eating raw parts of the lotus plant (lotus root, lotus root) are also at risk of being infected with large liver fluke larvae. In the West, people still have the habit of eating raw tubers. The larvae grow in water so they are also susceptible to infection with giant liver fluke larvae. Drinking uncooked water containing larvae can also become infected.
When parasites from water spinach into the body will parasitize?
Fascioliasis is not spread directly from person to person; the disease is spread only by ingestion of large liver fluke larvae
After eating vegetables like water spinach or drinking water contaminated with larvae, the larvae will enter the stomach, then enter the intestine In the intestine, the larvae penetrate the intestinal wall and penetrate the liver capsule, enter the liver, and parasites here secrete toxins that destroy the liver parenchyma. After 2-3 months of entry into the liver, the flukes move into the bile ducts, mature and lay eggs, the eggs are excreted in the feces. Adult flukes can parasitize and cause disease for years, up to 10 years if undetected and untreated.
Although the flukes of the liver are mainly parasitic in liver tissue, but during the infiltration stage, the flukes may migrate and cause damage to other organs such as intestinal wall, stomach wall, abdominal wall, sometimes.



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After eating water spinach infected with parasites, what are the symptoms?
When infected with large fluke, patients often feel tired, fever, skin rash, itching, anorexia. Patients also often have gastrointestinal symptoms such as feeling of fullness, indigestion, nausea, dull abdominal pain. If the parasite is misplaced in other organs, there is a corresponding symptom depending on the location, for example, if there is a parasite in the joint, there will be symptoms of the joint
Ultrasound reveals images of liver damage which are mixed honeycombs or images of fluid under the liver can be seen. However, images are only suggestions.
If left untreated, sometimes severe complications such as liver abscess, biliary obstruction, cholangitis, acute pancreatitis can cause biliary carcinoma.
When you suspect you have a parasite after eating water spinach in general and liver fluke in particular, should immediately go to the parasite specialist clinic for advice and testing. The parasitic infection is completely curable. However, if left untreated for a long time, complications occur, the treatment process is difficult and complicated and the results may not be as expected.



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How to eat spinach to prevent parasite infection?
Fascioliasis is mainly related to eating habits and habits, so prevention is a very important and necessary problem. Limit eating raw vegetables that grow underwater If eating raw vegetables, wash them thoroughly with running water. Similarly when we eat water spinach and other vegetables we wash them well under running water. If eating out, choose a clean and hygienic place. Drink cooked water, not plain water. Conventional antihelminthic drugs do not kill trematodes.
Bs. Nguyen Pham Diem Kieu
Specialized Department of Parasitology Department
SPECIALIST IN PREVENTION AND SPRING
Address: 402 An Duong Vuong, Ward 4, District 5, TP. HCM
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