Symptoms Of Cysticercosis

Seizures

Seizures are the most common symptoms of having cysticercosis and typically occur in more than seventy percent of the patients suffering from the illness. The type and frequency vary from one individual to another. The other severe and rare forms of the condition include the complex partial and status epilepticus. Epilepsy comes about as a result of the presence of the parasite in the central nervous system.

The tapeworms develop in the body of the host in different phases. Most of them mature fast within weeks. Their development suppresses the inflammatory response. The transition period where the host immune cells attack the cysts to kill and break them down brings about the seizure. When the lesions in the epileptic episodes fully resolve, a patient may only experience generalized seizures. However, when the parasites do not resolve completely and the residual remains within the brain, the patient will experience chronic epileptic episodes. It is good to seek help whenever you have such a symptom.

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