Schistosomiasis symptoms in Nigeria include gynecological manifestations.

2003 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schistosomiasis symptoms in Nigeria include gynecological manifestations.

"The investigation on the prevalence of patent and clinically severe infections with Schistosoma haematobium was carried out amongst inhabitants of 2Ebonyi Benue river valley, South Eastern Nigeria between August 2000 and June 2001. The inhabitants are predominantly farmers. Of the 3296 subjects examined from 15 randomly selected villages in the valley, 776 (23.5%) were excreting the eggs of S. haematobium in their urine.," scientists in Nigeria said.

"Infection rates varied between 18.9% and 30.6%. The severity of infection calculated by arithmetic mean egg counts (AMEC) and geometric mean egg counts (GMEC) varied significantly between the age groups and the villages (P

"Symptoms associated with the disease include visible hematuria (63.1%), suprapubic pain (10.3%) and stranguary (9.9%). While 65 positive persons had more than one symptom, 64 of the positive persons had no noticeable symptoms. Visible hematuria showed moderate sensitivity and high specificity for the disease. Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) of the lower reproductive tract was recorded in 19 females of child bearing age that complained of severe suprapubic pain."

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