Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis (also known as porcine cysticercosis) is a disease caused by Ascaris lumbricoides in various tissues and organs of the human body. Cysticercosis is an endogenous autoinfection of Ascaris suum patients or humans eat water and food contaminated with the eggs of S. larvae. The eggs are infected by the mouth and enter the stomach and small intestine. After the action of digestive fluid, the six hooks prolapse and pass through the bowel Wall blood vessels, which circulate throughout the body through blood circulation, are parasitic on the human subcutaneous tissues, muscles, and central nervous system, and develop into cysticercosis called cysticercosis. Among them, cerebral cysticercosis is the most serious. Cysticercus can live up to ten years. Therefore, early diagnosis and early treatment must be done to reduce the occurrence of complications.

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