On July 25, Dr. Dang Thi Thanh, Dang Van Ngu Hospital, said that the hospital had received a 68-year-old patient brought in by his family with symptoms such as headache, foaming at the mouth, convulsions, and many corn-like spots on the patient's skin.
After examination and CT scan, the doctor diagnosed that the patient had many scattered nests of worms in his brain. Based on his medical history, the patient often entertained guests and ate and drank blood pudding from pigs, goats, ducks, and geese because he believed that blood pudding cooled the body and warded off bad luck.
CT scan shows worms nesting in the patient's brain. (Photo provided by doctor).
The headaches began in 2013, but due to his negligence, he did not go to the doctor. After a month of treatment, the cysts gradually decreased and disappeared completely. The patient's health improved, no more headaches, convulsions, foaming at the mouth, and he was conscious.
Doctor Thanh said that brain fluke disease is a disease belonging to the group of central nervous system infections, causing serious health effects with a very high level of danger, causing patients to suffer from memory loss, and symptoms of convulsions can appear without warning, which is very dangerous, especially when the patient is participating in traffic.
The disease can lead to death if not diagnosed and treated promptly. The disease develops silently until obvious symptoms are detected, which is often quite late. The cause of infection with pork tapeworm larvae is unsanitary eating, eating raw, undercooked foods such as blood pudding, nem chao, nem thinh or raw vegetables contaminated with tapeworms from pig waste or contaminated water sources.
Experts recommend that people should follow the principles of eating cooked food and boiled water, washing hands before eating, and deworming every 6 months to a year. They should not eat blood pudding, rare pork, or unhygienic internal organs of unknown origin, and should keep their living environment clean.
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