[Clinical characteristics of 96 patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Yingcheng City].

OBJECTIVE

To understand the clinical characteristics of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Yingcheng City, so as to provide evidences for the assistance work of advanced schistosomiasis.

METHODS

The clinical data of all the advanced schistosomiasis patients in Yingcheng City were collected and analyzed.

RESULTS

Up to December 30, 2014, there were 96 advanced schistosomiasis patients in Yingcheng City, among which, 68 cases (70.8%) were male, 28 cases (29.2%) were female, and their average age was 64.2 years. Most of the patients (90.6%) were ascitic type, followed by splenomegaly type (5.2%), colon proliferation type (2.1%), and dwarf type (2.1%). Totally 48 cases (50.0%) were positive in immunological detections, among which 8 cases (8.3%) were positive in ELISA and 12 cases (12.5%) were positive in IHA. For all the 4 indexes of hepatic fibrosis (HA, LN, CIV and PCⅢ), only 15 cases (15.6%) were normal.

CONCLUSIONS

Though Yingcheng City has reached the criteria of transmission control, the hepatic fibrosis of some patients continues to progress. Therefore, the intensity of the treatment and assistance could not be weakened, especially for those of the ascitic type patients.