Tapeworm infections, disorders resulting from the spread of eggs and tapeworm larvae in the body

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Description

Tapeworm infection is caused by a person accidentally ingesting food or water that has been contaminated with tapeworm eggs or larvae.

If ingested, the tapeworm eggs can migrate to certain outside the intestine and the larvae form cysts in the tissues and organs (invasive infection). But if the tapeworm larvae are ingested, they will develop into adult tapeworms in the intestines (intestinal infection).

But tapeworm infections are usually mild, only if that happens is the larvae of invasive infection, it can cause serious complications.

Cause

- I accidentally ingesting tapeworm eggs from the food or water that has been contaminated by a person or animal feces containing tapeworm
- The larvae ingest these cysts are present in meat or muscle tissue of animals that consumed

Symptom

1. intestinal infection
- Nausea
- Limp
- Loss of appetite
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Weight loss and absorption of nutrients from food are not adequate

2. invasive infections
- Fever
- A lump or cyst
- Appears allergic reaction to larval
- Susceptible bacterial infections
- Presence of neurological symptoms such as seizures

Treatment

1. intestinal infection
Drugs such as Praziquantel (Biltricide), Albendazole (Albenza) and Nitazoxanide (Alinia)

2. invasive infections
- Anthelmintic drugs
- Anti-inflammatory therapy
- Anti-epileptic therapy
- The placement of a tube into his head to drain fluid that is too much in the brain due to infection
- Operations

Source:  MayoClinic