Pork fluka larvae

Pork fluka larvae's disease overview

Tapeworm larvae (also known as tapeworm disease) is a fairly common parasitic infection that can be found in many parts of the world. It is estimated that there are about 100 million people in the world. The disease is often related to the habit of eating and eating unprocessed pork. In Vietnam, the disease appears in all regions and provinces. According to data reported through studies, through reports of treatment facilities, at least 55 provinces and cities have cases of tapeworm disease/tapeworm larvae.

People with tapeworm larvae (tapeworm disease) are due to eating contaminated food contaminated with pig tapeworm eggs. After eating or swallowing tapeworm eggs, eggs into the stomach, hatching larvae. Larvae to the small intestine, through the gastrointestinal wall into the blood and move to parasites in the muscles, brain, eyes ... This case is infected from the environment outside the body, so it can be seen that few larvae in the larvae tissue.

In case the patient eats foods contaminated with unprocessed tapeworm (eg rice pork) or a person with an adult flukes in the intestine, when burning old flukes can be pushed by the intestinal motility. On the stomach, under the effects of stomach acid, the tapewell capsules and release a large amount of tapeworm eggs, so the number of larvae will be very large. Tapeworm larvae to blood, eyes or brains of humans and will turn capsules. Depending on the parasitic position of the tapeworm capsules, there are different manifestations.

If the tapeworm is located in the muscles, there will be small tumors, firm, about 1-2 cm size or by beans, peanuts, easy mobile, no itching, painless, located in a muscle position, not on the path of lymph nodes; If the tapeworm is located in the brain, the patient may have epilepsy, arm paralysis, legs or hemiplegia, lisp, memory disorders or severe headaches; If the tapeworm is in the eye can cause glaucoma, reduced vision or blindness.

Due to the infection, there are no signs, typical symptoms, no fever ... so the patient does not go to the doctor and treated, so that the tapeworm is long and the consequences are physical decline, digestive disorders, long term The year becomes thin.

Causes of Pork fluka larvae's disease

Sewer larvae are the result of the appearance of tapeworm larvae (cysticercus cellulosae) in the human body (mainly in the muscles, in the brain, in the eyes, ...), There are patients who bring 300 cysts under the skin. Usually distributed as follows: Chest back area: 36.6%; Hand: 28.8%; Head, neck face: 18.2%, pins: 17.4%, ... Most patients have larvae in muscle (98%) accompanied by larvae in the brain.

In Vietnam, there are many types of exclamations of parasitic and disease in many different hosts, but mainly 3 types of tapeworms that cause disease for humans are tapius tapioca (tenia saginata) and 2 species of pig tapeworms ( Taenia Solium and Taenia Asiatica). Particularly for Taenia Asiatica has just been mentioned in the past 5 years, T.asiatica is a tapeworm discovered in Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Western Thailand and Malaysia - The places where people have the habit of eating the organs of sick pigs has not been cooked.

Pollal tapeworm larvae due to being contaminated with contaminated foods contaminated with pork flukes or tapeworm larvae (such as rice pork) have not been well cooked. Typically, tapeworm larvae will die when cooked at 75o C temperatures for 5 minutes or boil for 2 minutes. Therefore, the cause of the disease is still circulating in many parts of the world, including Vietnam, mainly due to unsanitary eating habits such as raw food (such as raw vegetables, salads, blood pudding) or eating Meats are not carefully processed (Nem heard, spring rolls ...)

Symptoms of Pork fluka larvae's disease

Symptoms of tapeworm larvae are often unclear. The disease mainly causes symptoms of abdominal pain, mild digestive disorders, ... patients often have uncomfortable feeling, irritability, and self -exclusive flukes. Sapka burns are small, flat, ivory -white sections like jackfruit, flat tapewell head, some cases detected in stool.

Symptoms of tapeworm larvae : Depending on the parasite and cocoon position of the larvae, the disease will appear different trials:

The brain also depends on the location that the symptoms of functional expression are also different: epilepsy, paralysis, lisp, consciousness disorders and severe headaches. As for children, it will affect the study and the ability of the brain to develop, and can also cause sudden seizures and fainting.

When the larvae reside in the eye causes symptoms of compression behind the eyeball, glaucoma, vision loss, gravity, ...

Larvae reside in muscle: appears under the skin with dimensions 0.5 - 2cm, easy to move, no itching, usually in muscles, legs or intercostal muscles , back muscles, chest; These follicles can cause machine symptoms, muscle jerky; If some single follicles need to pay attention to distinguishing with lymph nodes.

Để phát hiện ấu trùng sán lợn ở não, ở cơ thì phải làm một số xét nghiệm dưới da hoặc chụp cộng hưởng từ, CT não để phát hiện bệnh. Patients need to be detected and treated early to avoid spreading to the community.

Harm and complications of tapeworm larvae:

Worm diseases in general, when entering the body all disputes to absorb food in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to patients with malabsorption, gradually can lead to To make patients tired, physical growth, even malnutrition, digestive disorders.

Sling larvae most dangerous when attacking the brain and heart, seriously affecting health and may leave complications. In case of eye under eye can cause glaucoma, vision or blindness.

adult tapeworm also causes nerve poisoning or often causes complications for the central nervous system, such as paralysis of nerves, lisp, vision, reduction causing epilepsy; There are cases that can cause serious neurological complications that can die.

Prevention of Pork fluka larvae's disease

To proactively prevent tapeworm larvae, the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health recommends people:

Do not use pathological pork to prepare food, must comply with the rule: "Eat cooked, drink cooked", eat carefully cooked food, hygienic processing ;

Do not eat raw foods such as pork, sour spring rolls, pale pork (the risk of adult tapeworm infection), raw vegetables that are not hygienic (the risk of larvae tapeworm);

Manage fresh stool, especially in areas where people are infected with adult pig tapeworms in the intestine;

Do not use feces of people and cattle have not yet properly incubated to fertilize vegetables and crops;

Using hygienic toilets, not raising pigs; living environment for people and pets;

People with adult flukes in the intestine must be treated, not indiscriminately defiled;

Strictly manage the criteria for hygiene of pig slaughterhouses;

Wash your hands regularly with soap (especially before processing food or before eating), clean body hygiene;

Deal every 6 months for children from 2 years of age

Diagnostic measures for Pork fluka larvae's disease

Whether the current diagnosis is suffering from tapeworm larvae or not, it is necessary to rely on many factors because the positive antibody Elisa test may be due to the previous infection. Therefore, the accurate diagnosis of the transmission source and the contagious road should have investigations and evaluation of epidemiology carefully, clearly and accurately to ensure objectivity based on scientific evidence.

Pork fluka larvae's disease treatments

According to the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), if unfortunately suffering from tapeworm disease, tapeworm larvae, people should not be too worried because the disease is not difficult to treat and now in Vietnam is full. All kinds of drugs to be able to treat all the infections.

However, patients are not allowed to buy medicine on their own and should not be treated with traditional medicine, herbal medicine or classic drugs, because it is easy to cause dangerous complications.

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