[The serum immunoglobulin E level and the endocrine activity of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas after recovery from opisthorchiasis].

Serum IgE level and blood levels of gastrin, insulin, C peptide and glucagon have been studied in 34 patients with chronic opisthorchiasis (18 females and 16 males aged 36.5 +/- 2.6 years) prior to treatment and 10 days, 6 months and 12 months after recovery from the invasion. Blood levels of gastrin, insulin and C peptide remained unchanged. A trend towards normalization of glucagon levels about a year after recovery from opisthorchiasis has been observed. Serum IgE level a year after recovery was normal.