Global health priorities and brain worms Flashcards
1
Q
What are the top 10 causes of death?
A
- IHD
- Stroke
- COPD
- LRTI
- Alzheimer’s
- Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
- DM
- Road injury
- Diarrhoea disease
- TB
2
Q
What are DALYs?
A
Better than mortality
3
Q
Large cystic lesion one brain MRI in the occipital region.
White lesions - bone - from old cysts
A
taenia solium cysticercosis
4
Q
How would you manage this patient?
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5
Q
What is the epidemiology of Tania sodium cystercosis?
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6
Q
Describe taeniasis process.
A
7
Q
Describe porcine cystercosis.
A
8
Q
Describe the Taenia solium lifecycle.
A
9
Q
How do humans ingest tapeworm eggs?
A
10
Q
What are the clinical features of neurocystercosis?
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11
Q
A
Cystercosis is a possible cause
12
Q
Describe the natural hx of neurocystercosis.
A
13
Q
How do we manage neurocystercosis?
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14
Q
How do we control cysterocosis spread?
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