Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by parasitic trematodes of the genus <i>Schistosoma</i> that colonize human blood vessels and release eggs that can cause granulomatous reactions leading to acute (swimmer's itch or acute schistosomiasis syndrome) or chronic disease. Depending on where the eggs lodge, manifestations of chronic schistosomiasis can include diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, anemia (intestines), hepatosplenism, periportal fibrosis with portal hypertension (liver), urogenital inflammation and scarring, hematuria and dysuria (genitourinary system). Other patients may be asymptomatic.

Urethritis

Inflammation of the urethra.

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PMID (PMCID)
7444712	MALE	Adult
	Urethritis due to Schistosoma haematobium with superimposed gonorrhea.
	Pareek SS. Sex Transm Dis. 1980;7(3):137-8.
	A diagnosis of schistosomiasis should be considered for patients in whom treatment with drugs that are active against the common causes of urethritis fails, particularly when such patients live in an area where bilharzia is endemic or epidemic.
1131679	MALE	Adult
	Schistosomiasis of the urinary bladder. A case report.
	Roy RB, Hayward MJ. Br J Vener Dis. 1975;51(2):134-5.
	The case is reported of a man with schistosomiasis of the bladder which gave rise to non-gonococcal urethritis.