The common name of Taenia solium is known as the pork tapeworm.
3. Matured pork worms are only found in people. “[Larvae] are found in the muscles of the intermediate hosts and in the brain in the case of neurocysticercosis.” (Government of Canada) Also, the eggs are infectious to people. Taenia solium does have ovaries but no vaginal sphincter muscle, just a genital pore.
4. First, the eggs are laid in feces that get passed into the environment. It is very easy for eggs to survive a long time in that environment. Second, grass and other vegetation consumed by pigs infects the pig by hatching, breaking down intestinal walls, and moving into muscles. Last, humans become infected by consuming undercooked pork. The worms become adult, attaching to intestines. The cycle continues when eggs are in human feces.
5. The worms can live in a hot moist …show more content…
Taenia solium causes tapeworm disease, Neurocysticercosis, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis in humans.
7. These worms originated mostly in South & Central America. They migrated towards America and Africa and Asia, but they are not as common.
8. For Cysticercosis, there may be symptoms of stomach pain, nausea, seizures. Tapeworm disease symptoms are similar, including stomach pain, fatigue, nausea, weight loss. Neurocysticercosis symptoms include headache, seizures, along with confusion and vision problems.
9. The hosts of the disease include humans as well as farm animals like pigs, and some cattle.
10. Simply living in an affected area could be a risk. “The symptoms of this illness are caused by the development of characteristic cysts (cysticerci) which most often affect the central nervous system (neurocysticercosis), skeletal muscle, eyes, and skin.” (MedicineNet.com) Adult humans who eat pork could get this disease. Adult humans are most at risk because the adult worms do not use children as hosts.
11. The disease is transmitted through consumption of infected pork or by drinking water containing pork tapeworm
3. Matured pork worms are only found in people. “[Larvae] are found in the muscles of the intermediate hosts and in the brain in the case of neurocysticercosis.” (Government of Canada) Also, the eggs are infectious to people. Taenia solium does have ovaries but no vaginal sphincter muscle, just a genital pore.
4. First, the eggs are laid in feces that get passed into the environment. It is very easy for eggs to survive a long time in that environment. Second, grass and other vegetation consumed by pigs infects the pig by hatching, breaking down intestinal walls, and moving into muscles. Last, humans become infected by consuming undercooked pork. The worms become adult, attaching to intestines. The cycle continues when eggs are in human feces.
5. The worms can live in a hot moist …show more content…
Taenia solium causes tapeworm disease, Neurocysticercosis, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis in humans.
7. These worms originated mostly in South & Central America. They migrated towards America and Africa and Asia, but they are not as common.
8. For Cysticercosis, there may be symptoms of stomach pain, nausea, seizures. Tapeworm disease symptoms are similar, including stomach pain, fatigue, nausea, weight loss. Neurocysticercosis symptoms include headache, seizures, along with confusion and vision problems.
9. The hosts of the disease include humans as well as farm animals like pigs, and some cattle.
10. Simply living in an affected area could be a risk. “The symptoms of this illness are caused by the development of characteristic cysts (cysticerci) which most often affect the central nervous system (neurocysticercosis), skeletal muscle, eyes, and skin.” (MedicineNet.com) Adult humans who eat pork could get this disease. Adult humans are most at risk because the adult worms do not use children as hosts.
11. The disease is transmitted through consumption of infected pork or by drinking water containing pork tapeworm