Tapeworm disease due to the habit of eating raw meat

10 M LONG ROPE

The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases ( Hanoi ) recently admitted a male patient, TVN (50 years old, from Thai Nguyen), who came for examination after discovering a long tapeworm coming out of his anus.

Chu kỳ phát triển và lây nhiễm của sán dây — Development and infection cycle of tapeworm

Talking to the doctor, Mr. TVN said: "I have a habit of eating raw food and blood pudding with high frequency. 10 years ago, I had to treat parasitic worms. This time when I went to the toilet, I saw worms coming out, so I went to get checked." At the hospital, the patient was admitted to the Department of Viruses and Parasitology for treatment.

Regarding the above case, a treating doctor of the Department of Viruses and Parasitology of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases said that this case needed to be hospitalized, because deworming at home was not clean, not guaranteed, and could easily spread to others; the patient was also not monitored for correct medication use, and how the worm came out...

To remove the tapeworm, both the segment and the head must be removed. If the segment and head remain, it will continue to develop, like this patient who had the tapeworm removed but it was not completely gone.

Doctor of Virus - Parasitology Department (Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases)

"To completely remove the tapeworm, both the segment and the head of the tapeworm must be removed. If the segment and head are still there, it will continue to develop, like this patient who had the tapeworm removed but it was not completely gone," the doctor added.

Highly contagious

Doctor Nguyen Thanh Binh, Deputy Head of the Department of Viruses and Parasitology at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that taeniasis is caused by adult tapeworms that parasitize in the intestines. Tapeworms can parasitize humans in the form of adult tapeworms and larvae. Tapeworms that cause disease in humans are usually caused by pork tapeworms and beef tapeworms. The disease is related to the habit of eating raw or undercooked pork and beef. Pork tapeworm larvae disease occurs when eating pork tapeworm eggs.

Pork tapeworm eggs are excreted in the feces of infected people, which can contaminate water and soil, and can contaminate food such as raw vegetables and aquatic vegetables exposed to tapeworm eggs.

Pork tapeworm larvae can develop in the muscles, skin, eyes, and central nervous system. Severe cases can cause severe headaches, vomiting, convulsions, or epilepsy.

With beef tapeworm, a doctor at Tam Anh General Hospital noted that the tapeworm's segments automatically crawl out and can be found in bedding and clothing. Therefore, it is very easy to infect others if hygiene conditions are poor. Adult tapeworms are 4 - 10 m long.

When eating undercooked pork or beef containing tapeworm larvae (cysts), the cysts will enter the human body and develop into adult pork tapeworms and beef tapeworms, and they parasitize the human small intestine.

P DISEASE PREVENTION

People with tapeworm disease may have nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea or constipation when the tapeworm develops in the intestines...

To prevent disease, people should eat cooked food and drink boiled water, and avoid eating raw or undercooked food. At the same time, keep the surrounding environment clean.

Practice proper hand hygiene, wash hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet.

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