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==Background==
[[File:Cercarial LifeCycle.png|thumb|Life-cycle of swimmers itch.]]
*Also known as "Swimmer's itch"
*Skin exposed to freshwater schistosomes or coastal water clam diggers itch
*Cercaria (non-human schistisomes)
*Not be confused with [[Seabather's eruption]] (caused by the larval stage of cnidarians (e.g., jellyfish))

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==Clinical Features==
[[File:Cercarial dermatitis lower legs.jpg|thumb|Cercarial dermatitis on lower legs, four days after spending a day in the shallows of a lake.]]
*Occurs on the exposed skin ''outside'' of close-fitting garments
**Versus [[Seabather's eruption]], which is generally ''under'' the garments worn by bathers and swimmers (where the organisms are trapped after the person leaves the water)

==Differential Diagnosis==
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==Evaluation==
*Typically a clinical diagnosis

==Management==
*Supportive
**[[Antihistamines]] for pruritus
**+/- [[topical corticosteroids]]

==Disposition==

==See Also==
*[[Parasitic Diseases]]
*[[Travel Medicine]]

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==References==
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