Is schistosomiasis contagious?

Maybe many of us are not familiar with schistosomiasis, so we know little about it, and don’t know what symptoms it manifests. However, how should we learn about a disease that we are completely unfamiliar with? How do we understand whether schistosomiasis is contagious? This is the best reflection of our self-learning ability. I hope you can learn more about it and take this disease seriously.

Only when we understand the common symptoms of a disease and its related transmission methods can we better treat the spread and worsening of the disease. Now let us take a look at what kind of disease schistosomiasis is, which will increase our understanding.

I recently got a new job and was assigned to the same office with a section chief. He said he had had schistosomiasis before, and I started to get nervous. He has already married and has children. I don’t know if his disease has been cured! It’s not convenient for me to ask him. What should I do? We are in the same office, sharing a computer, desk and chair (my computer and desk have not been set up yet), and I am afraid of being infected! I keep wiping it with 84 disinfectant every day. Doctor, please tell me whether it is contagious or not! Thank you!

The transmission of schistosomiasis has a certain cycle. When schistosome eggs are excreted from the body with the feces of sick patients and animals, miracidia hatch in the water. The miracidia drill into the body of the snail and reproduce after a period of time, releasing thousands of cercariae. At this time, if humans or animals come into contact with the infected water, the cercariae will penetrate into the human or animal body through the skin and mucous membranes and turn into larvae. They will then migrate in the body and finally settle in the mesenteric veins and develop into adults. The adults lay eggs, some of which are excreted in the feces. This forms a cycle of schistosomiasis transmission. Although schistosomiasis can infect both humans and animals, it does not spread directly between patients and animals and healthy humans and animals.

The above is correct. Schistosomiasis infects the human body through cercariae (a stage of schistosome larvae) entering the skin and mucous membranes. Therefore, you don't have the conditions required for infection, so you can rest assured! The so-called infection conditions can be simply summarized as follows: 1. There is feces of people with schistosomiasis in a certain water body, and there are worm eggs on the feces. Your colleague is now cured and there are no more worm eggs in his feces.

2. There are snails in the water (only snails, which are more common in Hunan Province), and the eggs are eaten by them and reproduce to a certain stage.

3. I don't remember clearly where you came into contact with this water (medically called epidemic water), especially between your fingers and toes, but I think you would not meet all of these requirements, so you can rest assured and don't have conflicts with your colleagues because of this. come on.

In order to learn more about diseases and understand the treatment methods of some diseases, we should read more relevant medical articles and exchange experiences with friends or family when we have time. Especially for some diseases we have never seen before, such as schistosomiasis, this will be helpful for us to control the development of the disease in a timely manner.