Eating raw blood pudding, patient has tapeworm nest in brain
(Baonghean.vn) - Patient Lo Van S (38 years old, in Quy Hop district) suffered from persistent headaches and hemiplegia. When he was hospitalized, doctors in Nghe An discovered that he had worms in his brain.
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| Brain CT scan results showed 5 nests of worms scattered throughout the brain. Photo: Hoang Yen |
For the past month, Mr. Lo Van S has been experiencing headaches that are becoming more frequent and severe. Mr. S has taken painkillers without any effect. A week ago, Mr. S had a continuous headache, nausea, fever, then numbness and weakness on one side of his body, and slow perception, so his family took him to the emergency room.
The CT scan results of the brain showed that there were 5 worms scattered in the brain, including a large worm nest on the top of Mr. S's head causing cerebral edema. Taking the medical history, it was known that Mr. S had a hobby and habit of eating blood pudding.
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| Tapeworms were removed from the head of patient Lo Van S. Photo: Hoang Yen |
Patient Lo Van S was assigned to undergo surgical intervention to completely remove the cyst from the patient's brain... After surgery, the patient recovered, was alert, not paralyzed, could walk and live normally. The patient continued to receive treatment with special medicine to treat the cyst.
Doctors advise: Brainworm cysts are a nervous system infection caused by parasitic tapeworm larvae living in humans. The disease is common in people with low living standards, poor environmental sanitation, and in areas where pigs are raised freely or undercooked pork is eaten.
To prevent disease, you should eat cooked food, drink boiled water, and absolutely do not eat raw blood pudding or raw salad... When headaches or convulsions occur, you should go to the hospital for a screening test for diseases related to parasites.
