The patient has 50 flukes in the brain

The Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases has just received a 58-year-old patient, in Cao Loc and Lang Son with nesting in the brain because of the pig's heart to eat soup and raw vegetables.

Patients hospitalized on 12/5 in the state of drowsiness, with seizures. He said he regularly ate the pig's stomach to eat soup and raw vegetables, so doctors suspected brainworms . On the CT scans, each transect captures 4-5 brain flukes, about 50 flukes in the patient's brain.

Images of nesting in the patient's brain.(Photo: Doctor provided)

According to Dr. Nguyen Trung Cap, deputy head of the Emergency Department, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, flukes are often found in pig intestines, even intestines of humans. When excreta discharges into the environment if not treated well, sticking to raw vegetables, soup (due to unsafe slaughter, the eggs in the feces are at risk of sticking to the secretion during the process of pig secretion). People who swallow swallow eggs will be infected with the parasite.

In the body, fluke eggs develop into larvae, capable of penetrating the gastrointestinal mucosa and blood and blood vessels throughout the body. The resident resides, the team at which part causes the disease there. The fluke in the brain can cause cerebral edema, seizures, even death; Get into your eyes causing blindness.

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Every year, the hospital treats 30-40 cases of brain fluke. If detected and treated early, the patient will be completely free of symptoms, but many cases may leave calcifications in the brain.

Doctors recommend, to prevent disease, each person needs to keep personal hygiene clean, avoid contact with the soil environment; Wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet. Clean environment, good management of pig and cow manure in production and farming.Absolutely not eat pork rice, soup, hearing rolls, spring rolls, pork re .