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== Tapeworm Infection == | == Tapeworm Infection == | ||
Tapeworms can be caught by eating uncooked or undercooked pork, beef, or freshwater fish containing cysts. Humans can catch them as well as pets and almost any other [[mammal]]. | Tapeworms can be caught by eating uncooked or undercooked pork, beef, or freshwater fish containing cysts. Because of this the Old Testiment dietary laws fobade the eating of pork to prevent such infections.(Porch, p461) Humans can catch them as well as pets and almost any other [[mammal]]. [http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196p.html] | ||
A human can become either the final, or even intermeadate host.(Porch, p458) | |||
'''Symptoms and Diagnosis''' | '''Symptoms and Diagnosis''' | ||
The symptomes, if any(some people do not get any), for the tapeworm infection are; [http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tapeworm/DS00659/DSECTION=symptoms] | The symptomes, if any(some people do not get any), for the tapeworm infection are; nausea, weakness, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea, weight loss and inadequate absorbtion of vitamins and nutrients(though these symptoms may vary depending on what species of tapeworm you may have and are for an intestinal infection). For an invasive infection or one in which the tapeworm leaves the intestine and forms cysts in tissues the common symptomes are; bacterial infections, neurological symptoms or seizures, fever, cystic masses or lumps, and allergic reactions to the larvae(these symptomes also differ between species). If someone thinks they have an intestinal infection, there are tests they can take to determine wether or not they really have it or not such as taking a stool test or the "scotch tape test". If they have have invasive infection a doctor may test their blood for antibodies their body may have produced to fight the tapeworm infection.[http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tapeworm/DS00659/DSECTION=symptoms] | ||
'''Prevention and Treatment''' | |||
To advoid catching the tapeworm infection you should throughly cook meats and freash water fish at a temperature of 135° F or 57° C, prolonged freezing also works, finally, careful evaluation of meat and fish will help advoid eating any of the contaminated meat. The treatments for the tapeworm infection include a single dose of praziquantel, drugs such as albendazole or praziquantel [http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196p.html] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* [http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0861442.html Anatomy and Function] Family Education Network. Fact Monster. | * [http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0861442.html Anatomy and Function] Family Education Network. Fact Monster. | ||
