Symptoms in infested humans include watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, edema, weight loss, borborygmus (stomach growling), and depressed levels of potassium and albumin in the blood.

[citation needed] Diagnosis usually involves finding the eggs and/or adults of C. philippinensis in stool samples.

[citation needed] Prevention is as simple as avoiding eating small, whole, uncooked fish.

However, in C. philippinensis endemic areas, such dietary habits are common and have been practiced for many generations.

[citation needed] Anthelmintics such as mebendazole and albendazole have been reported to eliminate infestation of humans more effectively than thiabendazole.