Beef tapeworm symptoms and treatment

Beef tapeworm or Tapeworm a parasitic tapeworms of Theneedy. Infection by such helminths especially common in Africa and South America and in the Philippine Islands and in some parts of Eastern Europe. On the territory of the Russian Federation of infestation was recorded in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous district, Chechen Republic, Komi Republic, Dagestan and other regions with developed animal.

An adult usually reaches a length of from 4 to 12 meters. Without timely medical treatment bullish tsepni can parasitize in the human stomach for more than 20 years. For 12 months it produces approximately 600 million eggs, for all of its existence, the worms are able to defer over $ 10 billion.

The life cycle of the tapeworm

In the larval stage beef tapeworm affects cattle, and once in the body with low-quality meat dishes, Mature individual larvae of the parasite becomes a month of life in the intestine. Delayed in the body after defecation eggs are in the environment where the poisoning flora and fauna, the parasites can live for 3-4 weeks. Bullish tsepni ripen in the body of an adult for at least 2.5 months being a threat causative agent of invasive disease, beef tapeworm infection.

Representatives of herbivorous livestock to avoid infection using tapeworm bullish hay. Once in the intestine of the animal, the larvae emerge from the eggs and through the bloodstream colonize muscle tissue. After a few months again the parasite is able to infect a man if he shall eat the flesh of the animal.
A distinctive feature of this method of infection is that the infected person is not dangerous to others as long as the larvae do not reach reproductive maturity. After about 3 weeks the worm begins to grow rapidly and to increase the number of infected people as possible, through household contacts.

The clinical picture of beef tapeworm infection

Beef tapeworm infection is a chronic type of bot from the group cestodosis. The disease almost does not differ from other worm infestation. The infected person experiences the symptoms of flu and the common cold. However, this form of helminthiasis adversely affect the function of the gastrointestinal tract, first of all it suffers from the upper section. Therefore, the disease is often accompanied by nausea and reflex eruption of stomach contents.

Allocate early and chronic stage of helminthiasis caused by the naked chained. Early infestation is practically not been studied, to date there is no accurate data about the characteristics of the first phase of the disease what are the symptoms of bovine tapeworm.

Diagnosing helminthiasis at an early stage it is possible only laboratory methods.

Beef tapeworm infection is considered to be one of the most notable parasitic disease. We infected a long time no complaints, and he continues to lead a normal life. But at one point, the patient may feel a sharp discomfort.

Chronic stage of invasion is characterized by the following signs of bullish tapeworm:

• General soreness,
• Allergic reaction,
• Inflammation of intestinal walls,
• Fatigue, decreased performance in 2-3 times,
• Violation of the bowel, Poor bowel movement, bouts of diarrhea, uncontrollable urination, loose stools,
• Abdominal tenderness without a specific localization, it is often complain of pain in the region of the Appendix, pelvis, or stomach,
• Nausea and vomiting,
• Nervousness, excessive irritability, restlessness, frequent mood swings,
• Lack of appetite, alternating with strengthening it.
• Some has been the development of bulimia,
• Sensitive, short sleep,
• Excessive salivation,
• Heartburn and discomfort in the esophagus,
• Sudden weight loss,
• Frequent flatulence and rumbling in the abdomen,
• Perhaps the appearance of glossitis (cracks in the language, and increase its size),
• Itching and irritation in the anus,
• In rare cases, attacks of convulsions,
• There is the appearance of the rash, covered with crusts,
• In the blood can be detected anaemia, a decrease in the number of leukocytes, relative increase of eosinophils,
• Frequent headaches and dizziness.

In most clinical cases patients do not manifest the above symptoms of the disease, the bovine tapeworm. In the absence of symptoms, the only evidence of the presence of the parasite is the detection of segments or adult bovine tapeworm in humans in the gut.

The impact of the unarmed tapeworm in the human body

Worms secretes an enzyme that negatively affect the digestive organs, thereby increasing the level of harmful toxins in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. It turns out that food, diet once in the digestive system cannot fully digest and starts to ferment and decompose in the stomach, poisoning all the organssystems.

Parasitic bullish tsepni provoke the following complications:

• The violation of the basic functions of the digestive tract and causes inflammation of the mucous membrane of the large intestine,
• The occurrence of pain (like acute appendicitis) during the activity segments in the area of Boyevoy flap,
• Causes obstruction of the bowel, accumulating or gathering in, a tangle of specimens of the specimen block the lumen of the colon. It can cause intoxication, inflammation and rupture of the intestine,
• May develop peritonitis due to opening of the intestinal wall the tapeworm bullish,
• Migrating to organs of the host, may interfere with the basic functions of the gall bladder, Appendix, urinary system,
• And when placing the specimen in the nasal cavity possible mechanical stop breathing,
• Causes acute exacerbation of appendicitis, pancreatitis, JAPA and other inflammatory diseases,
• Provokes allergic reactions,

Feeding trace elements intensely infected organism, bullish tsepni cause deficiency of nutrients and vitamins. This leads to the weakening of immune protection, disrupts major systems, is the reason for sudden weight loss.

People are often susceptible to infection with bovine tapeworm, but women tend to helminth infections more often than men, obviously this is due to the regular tasting meats in the cooking process. Sometimes the disease is of a professional nature, often subject to invasion butchers, farmers, shepherds and cooks.

With timely diagnosis and de-worming with the use of synthetic drugs, the disease has a favorable prognosis. In 90% of cases there is complete recovery without adverse effects on the body.

As the main drugs take Praktikanten, Niclosamide (fenasal), quinacrine (mepacrine), Albendazole-250. Depending on the severity and impact of the disease in combination with drugs for deworming administered sorbents, enzymes, medicine to restore stomach and drip therapy to eliminate toxins from the body.