The harm of eating pork tapeworm?

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In recent years, there have been many reports and rumors about people eating pork tapeworm. This is a kind of disease and insect that can be parasitic in the human body. If people eat diseased pork containing pork tapeworm, they will infect the eggs, damage the digestive function of the human intestine and even damage the digestive organs. The harm of eating pork tapeworm? Let's talk about it

The harm of eating pork tapeworm?

Subcutaneous and muscular cysticercosis: cysticercosis is located in subcutaneous or submucosal, muscle, forming nodules. The number can range from one to thousands. There were more trunk and head, less limbs. The tubercle is round or oval in shape, about 0.5-1.5cm in diameter, and its hardness is similar to that of cartilage. It can be touched by hand, and has no adhesion or tenderness with subcutaneous tissue. It often appears in batches and gradually disappears by itself. The infection is mild and asymptomatic. When the number of parasite is large, it can feel muscle ache and weakness, distension, numbness or pseudomyofetal macrosomia.

Cerebral cysticercosis: the clinical symptoms of cerebral cysticercosis are extremely complex, and can be asymptomatic, but some can cause sudden death, due to the different parasitic sites and infection degree of cysticercosis in the brain, as well as the different conditions of cysticercosis itself and the host's response to parasites. Generally, the course of disease is slow, and the incidence time of cysticercosis is from one month to one year, up to 30 years. Epilepsy, increased intracranial pressure and mental symptoms are the three main symptoms of cerebral cysticercosis,

Epilepsy is the most common. According to the data, 61% of the 1590 patients with cerebral cysticercosis had seizures. Cysticercus parasitizing in brain parenchyma, subarachnoid space and ventricle can increase intracranial pressure; Lumbar puncture examination was performed in 315 patients with cerebral cysticercosis. Intracranial pressure was found to be increased in 38.4% of the patients. Neurological disorders and cerebral blood flow disorders, such as memory loss, vision loss and mental symptoms. Other symptoms may include headache, dizziness, vomiting, unconsciousness, aphasia, limb numbness, local convulsions, hearing impairment, mental disorders, dementia, hemiplegia and blindness.

matters needing attention

When we eat pork or make pork in our daily life, we must pay attention to that raw meat and cooked meat should be cut separately. Must be cooked before eating, do not eat half cooked meat, which in addition to tapeworms, other parasites on our body is also very big.