Dog Roundworm (tapeworm) Danger To The Brain

(Headache) - Persistent unexplained headache, the patient had a brain MRI examination and tests to check. Results showed that there were images of suspected brain damage caused by dog roundworm, 'creeping' into the brain.
LTT patient (21 years old, Tien Hai, Thai Binh) was taken to Bach Mai hospital in a state of headache for more than 1 month, with a progressive headache, less pain relief. pain quickly returns, accompanied by mild fever and no seizures.
Images of dog roundworm (tapeworm) nesting in the brain cause brain edema on MRI film
The results of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain and laboratory tests showed that "there is damage in the right upper lobe, infiltration of the drug form and surrounding brain edema

. people strongly positive for Toxocara canis ", Assoc. Prof. Dr Mai Trong Khoa, Deputy Director of Bach Mai Hospital, Director of the Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (Bach Mai Hospital) said
The patient was transferred to the Central Insect Parasite Institute for treatment according to the regimen: Albendazole 400 mg twice daily for 5 days, and also anti-edema drug.
According to Assoc.



.Prof. Dr. Mai Trong Khoa, dog and cat roundworm infiltrate into the body is not isolated. Children are the most susceptible to diseases due to the habit of playing with sandy soil, but sandy soil is a place for spreading eggs of worms due to indiscriminate discharge characteristics of dogs and cats (Because these worms lay eggs and eggs distributed into the environment and after 1-2 weeks these eggs will embryo).
After swallowing eggs into the body, the worm larvae will be released, passing through the intestinal wall and along the bloodstream to the liver, lungs, central nervous system Here, the larvae can survive in the human body for months and then be destroyed by the body's inflammatory response or stop them from growing, but only after the larvae have damaged their tissues Depending on the shelter, dog and cat worm larvae can cause visceral, eye, nerve, etc. symptoms.
To prevent dog and cat earthworm disease, it is necessary to do periodic deworming for cats and dogs. Wash hands with soap and water before eating.



. Regularly clean the place where dogs and cats are located. Dog and cat droppings must be buried or put in a bag and thrown away in the trash.
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