Global health priorities and brain worms Flashcards
1
Q
What is the commonest cause of adult onset epilepsy?
A
Taenia solium cysticercosis from pork tapeworm larvae
2
Q
How do you get human cysticercosis?
A
Faeco oral transmission from human faecal matter with tapeworm eggs
3
Q
What are the symptoms of neurocystercosis?`
A
Neurosymptoms such as headaches, raised ICP,
4
Q
Why do symptoms show much later?
A
Symptoms only show when the parasite dies, not while it lives
5
Q
How to treat neurocysticerosis?
A
Anti convulsants
Cestocidal drugs
Steroids for inflammation around cysts
