1. Attack Trichinosis
Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that can enter your liver if you eat meat that isn't properly cooked. The disease can cause unpleasant symptoms that are usually proportional to the extent of the infestation. Your doctor will perform liver tests to see whether the worms have reached adulthood, when they can be killed with the drug thiabendazole. However, recurrences may need to be treated separately since there isn't anything that can be done to expel the larvae in your liver and your adjoining bile ducts. Symptoms usually abate quickly once after treatment. You can continue to manage lingering discomfort with over-the-counter painkillers and corticosteroids. There is little risk that this condition will result in cirrhosis.
2. Treat Clonorchiasis
Clonorchiasis is a parasitic disease that you can contract from consuming raw fish. Often, symptoms of this condition don't show up until long after you were originally infected since it takes the worms time to mature. Diagnosing the condition can be problematic. Treatment, however, is relatively simple. The anti-parasitic drugs praziquantel and albendazole are normally prescribed to treat clonorchiasis. This condition does carry a greater risk of causing cirrhosis of the liver because it's often not detected until it's reached an advanced stage.
3. Stop Schistomiasis
Schistosomiasis can also be treated with praziquantel, although the drug will only cure your initial infection and does not protect against recurrences. This disease, caused by flukes carried by freshwater snails, is chronic and it has been linked to elevated rates of bladder cancer and liver cirrhosis.
While scientists continue their search for vaccines that can prevent the parasites from completing their life cycles inside human hosts, you should take steps to protect yourself. Schistosomiasis occurs when your skin is exposed to parasite carriers, usually when you wade through fresh water in regions, such as Southeast Asia, where the parasites thrive. Seek prompt treatment if you develop fever, chills and abdominal pain after visiting a country where schistosoma parasites thrive.
