What is cerebral cysticercosis?

Cerebral cysticercosis is a type of brain disease transmitted by pork tapeworm. It is caused by oral administration of pork tapeworm eggs, which develop into cysticercus in the human body, pass out through the digestive tract, enter the mesentery and small veins from the intestinal wall, and then pass through the systemic circulation. It reaches the meninges, brain parenchyma and ventricles, showing corresponding clinical manifestations. It can be manifested as brain parenchyma type, ventricular type, meninges type and a mixture of various types. The most common manifestations are various types of seizures, in addition to increased intracranial pressure, including headache, vomiting, vision loss, examination can find papilledema. CT and magnetic resonance imaging of the head and cerebrospinal fluid examination, cysticercosis antibody is the means of diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis. After the brain cysticercosis is clear, drug treatment is needed, mainly anthelmintic treatment. At the same time, various anti-epileptic treatments are needed for the symptoms, such as epilepsy. If there is ventricular type or intracranial pressure increase, surgical treatment can be considered.