Detection of pork tapeworm infection due to eating raw blood pudding

1. Infected with pork tapeworm larvae just from eating raw blood pudding

Patient NVT - Yen Bai , admitted to the hospital with mild jaundice, pain in the right hypochondrium with symptoms of jaundice, initially suspected of liver disease. However, through examination and testing, the doctor discovered that patient T was infected with pork tapeworm and pork tapeworm larvae due to eating blood pudding and nem chao.

Patient T was diagnosed with pork tapeworm and pork tapeworm larvae infection.

Associate Professor, Doctor, People's Physician Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of Thu Cuc International General Hospital, said that the habit of eating pig's blood pudding has the potential risk of transmitting many dangerous pathogens, parasites and parasite larvae. This is a large tapeworm, which can be 1-8m long, including the head of the tapeworm and successive segments, they live parasitically in the small intestine of humans and can survive throughout the person's life. Patients infected with pork tapeworm are usually infected by only one tapeworm. However, each tapeworm segment has both male and female genitals, fertilization is performed by cross-copulation between the two segments. After fertilization, the tapeworm eggs move through the fallopian tubes into the uterus (the uterus is just a sac) and are located in the tapeworm segment. The last segments are the old segments, filled with tapeworm eggs (30,000-50,000), these old tapeworm segments crawl out of the anus or out with the stool. Tapeworm eggs enter the human stomach through undercooked food or water.

Detection of small subcutaneous cysts and vascular lesions in patients infected with pork tapeworm larvae

Under the effect of gastric juice in the stomach, tapeworm eggs are released from the tapeworm segment and hatch into larvae. Pork tapeworm larvae penetrate the stomach lining into the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, then reside in all organs in the body such as the liver, heart, eyes, under the skin, even in the brain, etc.

2. Signs of pork tapeworm infection

When there are symptoms of dilated blood vessels under the skin, small cysts on the skin and blood vessel damage, accompanied by mild jaundice and pain in the lower rib area, you need to go to the hospital for timely diagnosis and treatment.

Image of tapeworm eggs found in patient

Treatment: If pork tapeworm is detected and treated promptly, complications to the heart, liver, and brain can be prevented.

3. Prevention of streptococcal infection and pork tapeworm larvae

Associate Professor, Doctor, People's Physician Nguyen Xuan Thanh, recommends: "Do not eat blood pudding, raw meat such as nem chao, nem song, sour meat,..."

Do not eat raw blood pudding and uncooked food.

Eating boiled water and ensuring food hygiene and safety are ways to prevent tapeworm infections and streptococcal diseases.
For more information and advice, please contact Thu Cuc International General Hospital at 0936 388 288 or 1900 55 88 92 for answers.

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