title: [Treatment and assistance for advanced schistosomiasis patients in Changshu City from 2006 to 2014].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the status of treatment and assistance for advanced schistosomiasis patients in Changshu City from 2006 to 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  According to The Parasitic Disease Prevention Information Management System, the data of treatment and assistance for advanced schistosomiasis patients were collected and analyzed statistically in Changshu City from 2006 to 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 269 advanced schistosomiasis patients were assisted. The sex ratio of men: women was 0.56: 1 with an average age of 71.71 years. The ascites-type patients accounted for 78.25%, splenomegaly-type 21.20%, and colon proliferation-type 0.55%. The clinical cure rate was 12.29%, improvement rate 62.81%, and no-change 8.67%, and the total effective rate was 75.10%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment and assistance for advanced schistosomiasis patients has achieved the basic target of improving the symptoms, relieving pains and improving the living quality.
authors.forename: Wei-en
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: An-hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yong-yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Jun-yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors