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Pork Tapeworm
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Treatment
Cause & Effects
- Praziquantel (PZQ)
- Niclosamide
- Albendazole
- Cause cysts in human
- Brain: serious
- Muscles: very painful
- Steal nutrients from the food you eat
Pork tapeworm in stomach wall
Precautions
FACTS
- DON'T EAT UNDERCOOKED PORK
Life Cycle
- Taenia solium
- Cyclophyllid cestode in the family Taeniidae
- 2~7 meters long, sometimes 50 meters
- Asia, Africa, South America, parts of Southern Europe and North America: Rural, developing countries with poor hygiene and where pigs roam freely and consume human feces.
Statistic & Quote
"This parasite infects over 50 million people worldwide, and is the leading cause of brain seizures"
"...Though the majority of pig owners observe tapeworm infections in humans, people have a very poor understanding of the transmission of this parasite between humans and pigs."
Features
- 4 suckers on its scolex (head) and 22~32 hooks (2 size ranges: 160~180 microns(millionth of a meter) or 110~140 microns)
Pork Tapeworm
Sources
By Sharon McDermott & Sid Iyer Sequeira
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5553488_tapeworms-habitat.html
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5152441_pork-tapeworm-life-cycle.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8399/
http://www.rossu.edu/veterinary-school/news/4625/9/no
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_solium
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