cysticercosis
Let an agent explain cysticercosis in general terms, relay transmission, forms, diagnosis, treatment approaches and prevention from WHO and infectious disease sources, route seizures and severe headache to emergency services, describe the named forms, and distinguish cysticercosis from intestinal taeniasis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis and epilepsy from other causes, without diagnosing individuals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain cysticercosis in general terms, relay transmission, forms, diagnosis, treatment approaches and prevention from WHO and infectious disease sources, route seizures and severe headache to emergency services, describe the named forms, and distinguish cysticercosis from intestinal taeniasis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis and epilepsy from other causes, without diagnosing individuals.
A parasitic infection caused by the larval cysts of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, acquired by swallowing eggs shed in the faeces of a person carrying the adult tapeworm, through contaminated food, water or hands, not by eating pork itself, with cysts forming in muscles, the skin as cysticercosis cutis, the eyes as ocular cysticercosis and the brain as neurocysticercosis, a leading preventable cause of epilepsy in many low- and middle-income countries according to WHO; diagnosis uses brain imaging and serology, and treatment may include antiparasitic drugs, anti-inflammatory and antiseizure medicines or surgery under specialist care. A seizure lasting more than five minutes, repeated seizures or sudden severe headache needs emergency services.
What it is for: Not applicable; a parasitic disease.
It can be explain transmission and forms; relay diagnosis and treatment approaches; relay prevention; route seizure emergencies.
Distinguishing features
Faecal-oral egg transmission
Tissue cysts
Major epilepsy cause
Preventable
What it looks like
Cysts may be felt under the skin or seen on brain scans as small lesions.
Physical character
parasite: Taenia solium taxon - pork tapeworm
epilepsy attribution: about 30 percent of cases in endemic areas note - WHO estimate, attributed
WHO neglected tropical disease: listed note
How it is recognised
Infection with Taenia solium larval cysts
Ocular cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis, cysticercosis cutis
Taeniasis is adult tapeworm infection in the gut; echinococcosis is caused by Echinococcus; toxoplasmosis is protozoan; epilepsy has many causes
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms, related
is caused by -
can cause -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
neurocysticercosis
ocular cysticercosis
subcutaneous cysticercosis
muscular cysticercosis
porcine cysticercosis
Standards and regulation
WHO guidelines on Taenia solium
Meat inspection rules
Sanitation and One Health programmes
Failure modes and hazards
Missing status epilepticus
Stigmatising communities or pork eaters
Self-treating with antiparasitics
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What cysticercosis is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Is someone having a seizure longer than five minutes, repeated seizures or a sudden severe headache, in which case call emergency services now? boundary
- What is cysticercosis, and how does it differ from taeniasis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis and other causes of epilepsy? definition
Forms
Named forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are neurocysticercosis, ocular cysticercosis and cysticercosis cutis? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Biology Transmission.
Science.
Life cycle
Life cycle.
Life cycle
Life cycle.
- How does the Taenia solium life cycle involve humans and pigs? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Transmission myths
Pork and transmission.
Transmission myths
Transmission myths.
- Why is cysticercosis caught from tapeworm eggs rather than from eating pork? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Regulation.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How do CT, MRI and serology support diagnosis, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits neuroimaging? action
Treatment
Treatment approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Why do guidelines require specialist care when using antiparasitic drugs for neurocysticercosis? provenance
- Which entry fits albendazole? action
Context Public health.
Attribution.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How do sanitation, pig management and treating carriers prevent spread? provenance
- Which entry fits One Health? action
Burden
Global burden.
Burden
Burden.
- What does WHO report about the global burden of neurocysticercosis, with figures attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and non-stigmatising? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should neurocysticercosis be a separate entry?
- How should WHO guidance be linked?
- Should porcine cysticercosis be moved to veterinary entries?