Epilepsy Due To Dog Infection

Toxocara canis has two types: Toxocara canis (in dogs) and Toxocara cati (in cats). Patients will be infected with dog or cat roundworm larvae.
The disease has no special clinical symptoms and is common in children and families with dogs or cats or with the habit of eating raw vegetables and cooked foods.
Infection With Dog Headache Has A Danger Of Headache Causes Of Epilepsy
Symptoms when infected are very diverse, even there are cases that do not manifest the disease, but only accidentally discovered the disease at regular health examination. The most common symptoms are allergic skin itching, headache, abdominal pain, blurred vision, eye inflammation

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Records of epilepsy caused by dog flukes
According to patient records at Gia Dinh Hospital, in 2017 there was Patient Tam: The man before was perfectly healthy, except for frequent headaches, skin itching and hives
Examining in many places, doctors diagnosed with anemia and stress at work should lead to headaches, prescribe medication, take a lot of rest, avoid stress Then the symptoms of headache do not improve but tend to get worse. After a few months, Tam went to a large hospital in the province to get tested.



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An MRI scan shows that some areas of the brain are damaged. Parasite test confirmed positive for Toxocara dog flukes. Flukes have invaded the brain and caused extensive damage. The doctor gave him a high dose of worm remedy, but because the brain damage was too severe, the boy could not survive.
Image brain damage in patients infected dog tapeworm contraception
Recorded at the Anh Nga parasite clinic about epilepsy caused by dog flukes
At Anh Nga Parasitic Specialist Clinic, there are many patients coming after the headache treatment, there are many places that do not help Discovered parasitic helminth infection and taking special medicines to cure the disease gradually relieved and completely recovered from headaches
Why is Toxocara trematode infected with epilepsy?
When a person swallows a dog tapeworm egg, when it reaches the small intestine the egg hatches to release the larvae, where the worm larvae pass through the intestinal wall and follow the blood path to the liver. From the liver, larvae through the circulatory system and lymph migrate to other organs such as the lungs, viscera in the abdomen, eyes, peripheral or central nervous system (brain) ..



.. causing damage to the internal organs.
This is called visceral larva migrans (VLM), which mainly has symptoms: fever, enlarged and necrotic liver, splenomegaly, respiratory symptoms like asthma, eosinophils. increase (possible rate up to 70%), immunoglobulins IgM, IgG and IgE increase in blood
In addition, myocarditis, nephritis, central nervous system may be damaged with convulsive symptoms, neurological symptoms or pathology in the brain. In the case of larvae causing illness in the nerve organs or parasites to the brain will cause headaches, seizures, severe seizures, coma, loss of consciousness.
In fact, headaches, seizures are rare symptoms, so it is easy for clinicians to miss the cause of parasitic helminths.
What are the signs of infection with helminths and dogs that cause epilepsy?
Patients who have signs of a prolonged headache accompanied by a habit of eating raw vegetables, eating raw meat, and undercooked foods. In the family with dogs or cats, or in contact with cats and dogs, cats and dogs are not routinely dewormed. Patients do not have the habit of deworming every 6 months
Therefore, as soon as symptoms of headache persist unexplained or worse than seizure seizures, patients should seek parasite screening to avoid unfortunate cases.



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