What to do if a pregnant woman is infected with parasites

We often encounter some diseases in our lives. At this time, we need to first understand the causes of the disease and then give corresponding treatment. Some pregnant women will find that they are infected with parasites, but they cannot be sure very well, so we need to understand some knowledge in this regard. Generally, the symptoms of pregnant women infected with parasites do include many types. After these symptoms appear, you should go for a check-up in time.

What are the symptoms of parasitic infection in pregnant women?

Clinical manifestations

1. Trichomonas urinary tract infection

The clinical manifestations are exactly the same as those of bacterial urinary tract infection. Female patients mostly present with vaginitis: increased leucorrhea, itching of the vulva, and even itching of the vaginal opening. There may be lower urinary tract symptoms: mainly urinary tract irritation symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, and a burning sensation in the urethra after urination. Male patients are mostly accompanied by balanitis. Most people with lower urinary tract infection discharge a small amount of purulent secretions in the morning urine and feel itchy in the urethra. If the bladder is affected, there will be discomfort above the pubic bone, often terminal hematuria, and a small amount of milky white secretions may flow out after urination. Trichomonas pyelonephritis is often accompanied by chills, fever, abdominal pain, pyuria and hematuria. Some patients may have no systemic symptoms or urinary tract irritation symptoms.

2. Urinary tract amebiasis

The clinical symptoms vary depending on the site and route of infection, and are non-specific, similar to common bacterial urinary tract infections. The lesions are divided into the following types according to their clinical manifestations:

(1) Amebic cystitis and urethritis: caused by enterovesical fistula or ascending urinary tract infection. There are symptoms such as frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, and pain in the bladder area before and after urination. Those with kidney infection may also have chills, high fever, low back pain, and percussion pain in the kidney area.

(2) Amoebic renal abscess or perinephric abscess: caused by blood infection or amoebic abscess of the liver or colon that penetrates into the kidney. Its main clinical manifestations include chills, fever, low back pain, tenderness and percussion pain in the renal area, tension in the lumbar muscles in the renal area, and possible palpation of a local tumor.

3. Urinary filariasis

Filariasis is lymphangitis and lymphatic vessel obstruction caused by adult and larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti and their metabolites. It often occurs in the limbs, causing elephantiasis, hydrocele and local lymphangiectasia. Some patients develop varicocele, epididymitis and orchitis. If the lesion blocks the thoracic duct or the cisterna chyli, the distal lymphatic vessels will dilate and rupture, communicating with the urinary tract, and lymph fluid will enter the urinary tract to form chyluria. Varicose lymphatic vessels can penetrate into the renal calyces, renal pelvis, ureters and bladder, but most of them penetrate into the renal pelvis.

The above are some of the symptoms of pregnant women infected with parasites. Only if we correctly grasp the symptoms of the disease can we develop corresponding treatment methods, so that patients can have a correct and effective treatment plan and recover their health as soon as possible. Therefore, everyone must pay attention to their health in normal times and do a good job of preventing various diseases.