What are the two types of Schistosomiasis?

What are the two types of Schistosomiasis?

• A. Urinary and Intestinal
• B. Hepatic and Neurological
• C. Pulmonary and Renal
• D. Cutaneous and Mucosal

Answer: (A)

Two main forms of schistosomiasis are urinary and intestinal. This distinction comes from where the eggs cause damage in the body. When eggs lodge in the urinary tract, the disease is urinary (urogenital) schistosomiasis, most often due to Schistosoma haematobium, and it typically presents with blood in the urine and urinary symptoms. When eggs are deposited mainly in the intestinal tract and liver, the disease is intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. mekongi, leading to abdominal pain, diarrhea, and sometimes liver-related changes like periportal fibrosis. Other listed manifestations—hepatic, neurological, pulmonary, renal—can occur as complications or specific issues in some infections, but they do not define the standard two primary forms of the disease. Cutaneous or mucosal references describe early cercarial dermatitis rather than the main disease forms.

Two main forms of schistosomiasis are urinary and intestinal. This distinction comes from where the eggs cause damage in the body. When eggs lodge in the urinary tract, the disease is urinary (urogenital) schistosomiasis, most often due to Schistosoma haematobium, and it typically presents with blood in the urine and urinary symptoms. When eggs are deposited mainly in the intestinal tract and liver, the disease is intestinal schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. mekongi, leading to abdominal pain, diarrhea, and sometimes liver-related changes like periportal fibrosis. Other listed manifestations—hepatic, neurological, pulmonary, renal—can occur as complications or specific issues in some infections, but they do not define the standard two primary forms of the disease. Cutaneous or mucosal references describe early cercarial dermatitis rather than the main disease forms.