Digestive symptoms in patients with Chagas' disease

Authors

  • Juan Mario Reyes Vera Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Universitario “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Manuel Lara Martín Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Universitario “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Sara Esther Díaz Oliva Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Universitario “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Ignacio Morales Martínez Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Universitario “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Esther Lidia González González Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Universitario “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

chagas disease, digestive signs and symptoms

Abstract

In order to characterize the gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with American trypanosomiasis a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a population consisting of 130 patients with positive IgG antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi treated at the " Victoria South"Medical Center of integral diagnostic from José F. Ribas, municipality, Aragua State, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , from March 2012 to February 2013. The most affected age group was 61 years and over and not predominantly found in sex ; asymptomatic patients predominated , followed by those with digestive symptoms ; gingivostomatitis was the clinical finding was found , followed dyspeptic disorders and hepatomegaly , megacolon with chronic constipation, esophageal achalasia and megaesophagus . Hepatitis B was detected in four patients and C in two.

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Reyes Vera JM, Lara Martín M, Díaz Oliva SE, Morales Martínez I, González González EL. Digestive symptoms in patients with Chagas’ disease. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jul. 6];8(2):31-7. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/117

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): April-June

Section

Original Articles

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