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• #1 About Human Tapeworm | Human Tapeworm (Taeniasis) | CDC

  https://www.cdc.gov/taeniasis/about/index.html

  Most people with taeniasis have mild or no symptoms. […] People with taeniasis may not know they have a tapeworm infection because symptoms are usually mild or nonexistent. […] Most people with tapeworm infections have no symptoms or mild symptoms. Patients with T. saginata taeniasis often experience more symptoms that those with T. solium or T. asiatica infections because the T. saginata tapeworm is larger in size (up to 10 meters (m)) than the other two tapeworms (usually 3 m). Tapeworms can cause digestive problems including abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, and upset stomach. The most visible sign of taeniasis is the active passing of proglottids (tapeworm segments) through the anus and in the feces. […] Infection with T. solium tapeworms can result in human cysticercosis, which can be a very serious disease that can cause seizures and muscle or eye damage.

• #1 Symptoms of Human Tapeworm | Human Tapeworm (Taeniasis) | CDC

  https://www.cdc.gov/taeniasis/signs-symptoms/index.html

  Most people infected with human tapeworms have mild or no symptoms. […] Digestive problems are a common symptom of human tapeworm. […] Passing tapeworm segments in your stool is the most visible symptom of human tapeworm. […] Most people with tapeworm infections have no symptoms or mild symptoms. […] Tapeworms can cause digestive problems including abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, and upset stomach. […] The most visible symptom of taeniasis is the active passing of proglottids (tapeworm segments) through the anus and in the feces. […] In rare cases, tapeworm segments become lodged in the appendix, or the bile and pancreatic ducts. […] Infection with T. solium tapeworms can result in human cysticercosis, which can be a very serious disease that can cause seizures and muscle or eye damage.

• #1 Tapeworm infection // Middlesex Health

  https://middlesexhealth.org/learning-center/diseases-and-conditions/tapeworm-infection

  A tapeworm in the intestines often causes mild symptoms. Moderate to severe symptoms may include stomach pain and diarrhea. […] Symptoms depend mostly on where the infection happens in the body. […] A tapeworm in the intestines may cause no symptoms. The severity of symptoms depends in part on the number of tapeworms. Symptoms vary. And some symptoms are more likely with some species of tapeworm. Symptoms may include: Upset stomach, or feeling like you could throw up. Stomachache or stomach pain. Not wanting to eat. Loose stools. Diarrhea. Weight loss. Gas. Hunger pains. Cravings for salty food. […] Symptoms of larval cyst infection depend on where they are causing disease in the body. […] Larval cysts in the brain or spine. These may cause: Headache. Seizures. Dizziness. Nerve pain in the spine or limbs. Muscle weakness. Poor coordination. Changes in thinking or behaviors.

• #1 Tapeworm Infection: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23950-tapeworm-infection

  Tapeworms infect animals and humans. They live in your intestines and feed off the nutrients you eat. Symptoms can include nausea, weakness, diarrhea and fatigue, or you may not have symptoms. You may see eggs or worm pieces in your poop. […] Intestinal tapeworms usually cause mild gastrointestinal symptoms, if any. They may include: Hunger. Loss of appetite. Nausea. Fatigue. Stomach cramps. Diarrhea. […] Cystic larval infections often cause no symptoms. They may be visible as lumps under your skin, or they may make themselves known by causing complications to your internal organs. This usually takes years. […] Complications depend on which kind of tapeworm you have, whether it’s intestinal or invasive, and where the invasive larvae are located. […] It often takes a while to realize you have a tapeworm infection. Symptoms might not appear for months or years. Once you discover and treat a tapeworm, it’ll die and pass from your body shortly. However, if you never discovered it, the tapeworm would eventually live out its life, die and pass from your body on its own after a period of years.

• #1 Tapeworm infection: taeniasis, cysticercosis

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  Most individuals with taeniasis do not show any signs or symptoms of tapeworm infection. However, some people may have gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, weight loss, poor appetite, and upset stomach. Sometimes, individuals with taeniasis can see tapeworm segments (called proglottids) being passed through the anus and in the stool. […] Taeniasis can lead to urticaria, an itchy rash of weals and hives.

• #1 Tapeworms: Causes, symptoms, and treatments

  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170461

  Many people who have a tapeworm experience no symptoms and are unaware that they are hosting one. […] If signs and symptoms are present, they often include tiredness, abdominal pain, weight loss, and diarrhea. […] Symptoms vary depending on the type of tapeworm, and may include the following: eggs, larvae, or segments of the tapeworm present in stools, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, general weakness, inflammation of the intestine, diarrhea, weight loss, altered appetite, sleeping difficulties (this may be as a result of other symptoms), dizziness, convulsions, in severe cases, malnutrition, vitamin B12 deficiency, in very rare cases. […] The risk of complications depends on several factors, including the type of tapeworm and whether the person receives treatment. […] Treating a tapeworm larvae infection is more complicated than treating an adult tapeworm infection. […] While the adult tapeworm stays in the gut, the larvae may settle in other parts of the body. […] When a larvae infection finally produces symptoms, the infection may have been present for years. […] In some rare cases, larvae infection can be life threatening.

• #1 Tapeworm Infection – Infections – Merck Manual Consumer Version

  https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/infections/parasitic-infections-cestodes-tapeworms/tapeworm-infection

  Adult tapeworms, which live in people’s intestine, usually cause no symptoms, but they may cause abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and weight loss. […] Although adult tapeworms in the intestine usually cause no symptoms, some people experience upper abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Occasionally, people with a tapeworm can feel a piece of the worm move out through the anus or see part of the ribbon-like tapeworm in stool. The dwarf tapeworm is more likely than other tapeworms to cause abdominal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, and weight loss. […] The fish tapeworm can cause anemia because it absorbs vitamin B12, which is necessary for red blood cells to be produced. […] Cysticercosis symptoms are caused by cysts that form in the brain and other organs (such as the spinal cord, liver, lungs, and eyes). These cysts can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening symptoms years after the initial infection, when the cysts start to deteriorate and cause inflammation. Cysts in the brain and the tissues covering the brain (meninges) can result in headaches, seizures, confusion, or other neurologic symptoms. Rarely, cysts develop in the eyes, sometimes causing blindness, or in the spinal cord, sometimes causing muscle weakness or paralysis.

• #1 Tapeworm Infestation Clinical Presentation: History, Physical, Causes

  https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/786292-clinical

  With T saginata infection, usually, the patient becomes aware of infection when worm segments are passed in the stool. Some patients complain of epigastric pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. […] Diphyllobothrium infestations may result in intestinal discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting, weakness, and weight loss. […] The cestode is not invasive, but it does absorb a large amount of vitamin B-12 and interferes with vitamin B-12 absorption from the ileum, producing a megaloblastic anemia that resembles pernicious anemia (clinically and hematologically). […] Patients may complain of neurologic symptoms resembling pernicious anemia (eg, paresthesias, difficulty with balance, dementia or confusional states). […] Hymenolepis typically produces asymptomatic infections; however, in patients who may have a number of parasites present, the patient can have vague symptoms of anorexia, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

• #1 Cysticercosis: Overview, Symptoms & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23534-cysticercosis

  Common symptoms of cysticercosis are seizures, headaches, stiff neck, vomiting and confusion, but depend on where cysts are. […] The most common symptoms are from cysts in your nervous system, called neurocysticercosis. […] Neurocysticercosis (cysticercosis of the brain and spinal cord) symptoms include seizures, headaches, nausea, vomiting and confusion (cysticercal encephalitis), and stiff neck. […] Any cysts outside of your brain and spinal cord (nervous system) are called extraneural cysticercosis. […] Cysts under your skin (subcutaneous cysticercosis) or ophthalmic cysticercosis (cysticercosis of the eye) sometimes cause symptoms, including lumps under your skin, eye pain, double vision (diplopia), eye inflammation (uveitis or retinitis), limited eye movement, bulging eyes (proptosis), and vision loss.

• #1 Cysticercosis: Overview, Symptoms & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23534-cysticercosis

  The symptoms of cysticercosis depend on where cysts form. […] You can have them for weeks to years without knowing it. Your immune system responds when the cysts die, causing symptoms. […] When the cysts start to die, your immune system recognizes them as invaders and causes inflammation to attack them. […] Inflammation from your immune system or pressure from mass effect can lead to life-threatening brain swelling and cause seizures, headaches and other neurological issues. […] When cysts die, they can leave behind hard patches (calcifications) in your brain. Calcified cysticercosis nodules are surrounded by fluid (edema) and can lead to seizures.

• #1 Tapeworm – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537154/

  Cestodes are flat, parasitic, hermaphroditic tapeworms with complex life cycles that infect animals, including humans. […] Infection with the adult tapeworm is most commonly asymptomatic or cause mild disease. Rarely do sequela from the intestinal parasites occur. […] Taeniasis typically will cause few or mild health concerns but is characterized by anal pruritus from the escaping proglottids (worm segments) and mild abdominal pain. […] Other symptoms include nausea, change in appetite (both increase and decrease have been reported), weakness, weight loss, and less commonly headache, constipation, dizziness, and diarrhea. […] One in five infections may have diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, constipation, pernicious anemia, and less commonly headache and allergic reactions. […] Neurocysticercosis (NCC) symptoms can range from asymptomatic brain lesions to mimicking any kind of neurological disorder.

• #1 Treat tapeworm infection to improve academic performance | Stanford Report

  https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2018/05/treating-tapeworm-infection-improve-academic-performance

  A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of a potentially fatal tapeworm infection among school-age children. […] Tapeworm infection tied to pork consumption in poor regions can cause cognitive damage and enforce cycles of poverty. […] This disease invades the brain, said John Openshaw, the studys lead author and an infectious disease instructor at Stanford School of Medicine. Children who are affected during formative school years risk cognitive deficits which could enforce a cycle of poverty. […] The World Health Organization estimates that the infection is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in the developing world and results in 29 percent of epilepsy cases in endemic areas. […] Symptoms of this infection can range from chronic headaches to seizures to psychiatric disturbances such as hallucinations.

• #1 Tapeworm infection // Middlesex Health

  https://middlesexhealth.org/learning-center/diseases-and-conditions/tapeworm-infection

  Larval cysts in other organs. These can affect how well the organ works. For example, larval cysts can cause severe disease in the liver, lungs or heart. Symptoms vary widely. In some cases, a lump can be felt. There also may be pain and swelling at the site of the larval cyst infection. […] Symptoms usually show up years after the infection began. They happen when the immune system responds to the cyst shedding debris, breaking down or hardening. Symptoms also appear when one or more cysts keep an organ from working correctly.

• #1 What’s New

  https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Cysticercosis-PorkTapeworm-Taeniasis.aspx

  Taeniasis is often asymptomatic, but patients can experience nervousness, weight loss, gastrointestinal disturbances, and abdominal pain. […] Symptoms of cysticercosis vary, depending on where the cysts form in the body. […] Cysts in muscles usually do not cause symptoms, but lumps may be felt under the skin. […] Cysts may float in the eye and cause blurred vision or a detached retina. […] Neurocysticercosis can cause seizures, headaches, psychiatric disturbances, difficulty with balance, and death. […] Symptoms of cysticercosis may appear from a few weeks to ten years or more after infection, often after the larval cysts die.

• #1 Tapeworms in Humans: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

  https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tapeworms-in-humans

  Sometimes tapeworms cause symptoms such as: Nausea, Weakness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Hunger or loss of appetite, Fatigue, Weight loss, Vitamin and mineral deficiencies. […] However, often tapeworms don’t cause symptoms. The only sign of tapeworm infection may be segments of the worms, possibly moving, in a bowel movement. […] In rare cases, tapeworms can lead to serious complications, including blocking the intestine, or smaller ducts in the intestine (like the bile duct or pancreatic duct). […] If pork tapeworm larvae move out of the intestine, they can migrate to other parts of the body and cause damage to the liver, eyes, heart, and brain. These infections can be life-threatening. Seizures are the most common symptom of cysticercosis, the infection caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm.

• #1 Tapeworm – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537154/

  Symptoms include seizures, focal neurological deficits, intracranial hypertension, cognitive decline, vague symptoms of a headache, associated stroke, or involuntary movements. […] NCC has a good prognosis with symptoms improving after treatment, but prognosis varies depending on the location and burden of disease. Subarachnoid and intraventricular cysts have significant morbidity and mortality while single parenchymal brain lesions have a high chance of survival with no seizure relapses. […] NCC complications include epilepsy, headache, neurologic deficits, strokes, and hydrocephalus.

• #1 Tapeworm Symptoms in Humans: What to Know

  https://www.verywellhealth.com/tapeworm-infection-signs-symptoms-and-complications-4163853

  Tapeworm symptoms in humans include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and weight loss. However, symptoms can vary based on the type of tapeworm, and they do not always cause symptoms. […] The most obvious sign of a tapeworm is seeing proglottids in your stool. Proglottids are egg-containing segments of tapeworms that break away from the head and neck of the parasite. They’re whiteish and look like little grains of white rice that may be moving. […] While tapeworm symptoms depend on the type, they primarily affect your digestive system. Common tapeworm symptoms include: abdominal pain, decreased appetite, diarrhea, nausea, upset stomach, weight loss. […] Symptoms of Asian, beef, and pork tapeworms are generally the same. However, the beef tapeworm is the largest of these parasites. It can grow to over 30 feet long and may be more likely to cause noticeable symptoms.

• #1 Taenia Solium (Pork Tapeworm) Infection and Cysticercosis – Infectious Diseases – MSD Manual Professional Edition

  https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/cestodes-tapeworms/taenia-solium-pork-tapeworm-infection-and-cysticercosis

  Humans infected with adult T. solium worms are asymptomatic or have mild gastrointestinal complaints. They may see proglottids in their stool. […] Viable cysticerci (larval form) in most organs cause minimal or no tissue reaction, but dying cysts in the central nervous system, eye, or spinal cord can release antigens that elicit an intense tissue response. Thus, symptoms often do not appear for years after infection. […] Infection in the brain (neurocysticercosis) may result in severe symptoms due to mass effect and inflammation induced by degeneration of cysticerci and release of antigens. […] Depending on the location and number of cysticerci, patients with neurocysticercosis may present with seizures, signs of increased intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus, focal neurologic signs, altered mental status, or aseptic meningitis. […] Cysticerci may also infect the spinal cord, muscles, subcutaneous tissues, and eyes.

• #1 Tapeworm Symptoms in Humans: What to Know

  https://www.verywellhealth.com/tapeworm-infection-signs-symptoms-and-complications-4163853

  Symptoms of these three types of tapeworm may include: abdominal pain, lack of appetite, visible tapeworm segments in your stool, unintended weight loss, upset stomach. […] Dwarf tapeworm symptoms are similar but may make you feel sicker than the Asian, beef, or pork worms. Symptoms may include: abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea, weakness. […] Fish tapeworm symptoms are usually mild. They can include: abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite, weakness, unintended weight loss. […] Tapeworm symptoms can often fly under the radar until more obvious or severe symptoms occur. If you have any of the following symptoms, see your healthcare provider: anal itching, dizziness, fatigue, „grains of rice” or inch-long whitish strings in your stool, headaches, heart palpitations or rapid heartbeat, lack of appetite, low energy, ongoing diarrhea or abdominal pain, pain between shoulder blades, ringing in ears, tingling or numbness in the extremities, unintended weight loss.

• #1 Tapeworm infection | healthdirect

  https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/tapeworm

  Tapeworm infection can be diagnosed with a stool (poo) sample and/or a blood test. […] People with tapeworm infection often have no symptoms, but if you do have symptoms, they will depend on the type of tapeworm you have and where it is in your body. […] If you have symptoms, they will depend on the type of tapeworm and where it is in your body. […] Intestinal tapeworm infection can cause: abdominal pain, nausea, weakness or tiredness, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and/or weight loss, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, pieces of worm in the faeces. […] Symptoms associated with complications of tapeworm infection include: allergic symptoms, headaches, dizziness, seizures. […] If you have hydatid disease, you may develop fluid-filled cysts in your body. These most commonly grow in the liver or lungs, but can grow in any organ including your brain, heart or bones. The cysts normally do not cause problems unless they grow very large or burst.

• #1 Tapeworm (Taeniasis / Cysticercosis) | Texas DSHS

  https://www.dshs.texas.gov/notifiable-conditions/zoonosis-control/zoonosis-control-diseases-and-conditions/tapeworm-taeniasis-cysticercosis

  Most cases have no symptoms. In many cases, patients become aware of the infection by noting proglottids (segments of tapeworm) in stools or mobile Taenia saginata proglottids emerging from the anus. If they occur, symptoms are mild and non-specific and include abdominal pain, digestive disorders, excessive appetite or loss of appetite, weakness, and loss of weight. […] Approximately 50 million persons are infected with both parasites worldwide. About 50,000 people die of cysticercosis annually. In the US, laws governing feeding practices and inspection of domestic food animals have largely eliminated the problem of tapeworms. An estimated 1,000 new cases of cysticercosis are diagnosed in the US each year. […] Identification of segments, eggs, or heads of the parasite in the feces diagnoses taeniasis. Diagnosis is not possible during the first three months following infection, before the development of adult tapeworms. The doctor may ask you to provide additional stool samples during a time interval. Persons who are found to have eggs or proglottids in their feces could be evaluated with a blood test since self-infection, and cysticercosis can occur. […] Tapeworms are treated with oral medications. Surgery is sometimes necessary to treat cysticercosis cases in the eyes, cases that are not responsive to drug treatment, or to reduce brain swelling.

• #1 Taeniasis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

  https://www.healthline.com/health/taeniasis

  Most people who have taeniasis dont have any symptoms. If signs and symptoms are present, they may include: […] Some people with taeniasis may also experience irritation in the perianal area, which is the area around the anus. Worm segments or eggs being expelled in the stool cause this irritation. […] People often become aware that they have a tapeworm when they see worm segments or eggs in their stool. […] Infections can take between 8 and 14 weeks to develop. […] Most cases of this infection go away with treatment. Medications prescribed for this condition are typically effective and will cure the infection. […] In rare cases, serious complications from the infection can occur. Tapeworms may block your intestines. This may require surgery to correct. […] In other cases, a pork tapeworm may travel to other parts of your body such as the heart, eye, or brain. This condition is called cysticercosis. Cysticercosis can cause other health problems such as seizures or infections in the nervous system.

• #1 Tapeworm Infection: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23950-tapeworm-infection

  If you have an invasive larval infection and the cysts arent causing any symptoms or complications, your healthcare provider may recommend you leave them alone. In this case, the larvae would also live out their lifespans and eventually die after some years. Sometimes people don’t discover them until they have already begun to die, causing an inflammatory response. […] Signs of tapeworm infection, when they do appear, can vary widely, especially tapeworm larval infections. You may not realize that your symptoms indicate a tapeworm, but you should always ask your healthcare provider about strange symptoms. If you have reason to suspect a tapeworm, such as foreign travel or a recent undercooked meal, make sure to mention it. If you think youve identified tapeworm segments in your poop, have it lab tested right away.

• #2 Tapeworm (for Parents) – Humana – Ohio

  https://kidshealth.org/HumanaOhio/en/parents/tapeworm.html

  Most people with a tapeworm infection got it by eating raw or undercooked beef, pork, or fish infected with tapeworm or contact with poop that contains tapeworm eggs. […] Most kids who have a tapeworm infection don’t notice anything. It can take months or years for signs to start. Then, a child might complain of mild nausea, diarrhea, belly pain, or weight loss. […] Kids with a tapeworm infection may feel a piece of the worm coming out through the anus (where the poop comes out). You may even see a piece of worm in the poop. […] A tapeworm that’s in the intestines for a long time can get big and block the appendix or other organs, leading to appendicitis and other problems. […] There are different types of tapeworm. One (fish tapeworm) can cause anemia because it uses up the vitamin B12 that a person needs to make red blood cells.

• #2

  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/taeniasis-cysticercosis

  Taeniasis due to T. solium, T. saginata or T. asiatica is usually characterized by mild and non-specific symptoms. Abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhoea or constipation may arise when the tapeworms become fully developed in the intestine, approximately 8 weeks after ingestion of meat containing cysticerci. […] In the case of cysticercosis due to T. solium, the incubation period prior to the appearance of clinical symptoms is variable, and infected people may remain asymptomatic for many years. […] Neurocysticercosis is associated with a variety of signs and symptoms depending on the number, size, stage, and location of the pathological changes as well as the hosts immune response but can also be clinically asymptomatic. Symptoms may include chronic headaches, blindness, seizures (epilepsy if they are recurrent), hydrocephalus, meningitis, and symptoms caused by lesions occupying spaces of the central nervous system.

• #2 Tapeworm Symptoms in Humans: What to Know

  https://www.verywellhealth.com/tapeworm-infection-signs-symptoms-and-complications-4163853

  Tapeworm symptoms in humans include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and weight loss. However, symptoms can vary based on the type of tapeworm, and they do not always cause symptoms. […] The most obvious sign of a tapeworm is seeing proglottids in your stool. Proglottids are egg-containing segments of tapeworms that break away from the head and neck of the parasite. They’re whiteish and look like little grains of white rice that may be moving. […] While tapeworm symptoms depend on the type, they primarily affect your digestive system. Common tapeworm symptoms include: abdominal pain, decreased appetite, diarrhea, nausea, upset stomach, weight loss. […] Symptoms of Asian, beef, and pork tapeworms are generally the same. However, the beef tapeworm is the largest of these parasites. It can grow to over 30 feet long and may be more likely to cause noticeable symptoms.

• #2 Tapeworms: Causes, symptoms, and treatments

  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170461

  Many people who have a tapeworm experience no symptoms and are unaware that they are hosting one. […] If signs and symptoms are present, they often include tiredness, abdominal pain, weight loss, and diarrhea. […] Symptoms vary depending on the type of tapeworm, and may include the following: eggs, larvae, or segments of the tapeworm present in stools, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, general weakness, inflammation of the intestine, diarrhea, weight loss, altered appetite, sleeping difficulties (this may be as a result of other symptoms), dizziness, convulsions, in severe cases, malnutrition, vitamin B12 deficiency, in very rare cases. […] The risk of complications depends on several factors, including the type of tapeworm and whether the person receives treatment. […] Treating a tapeworm larvae infection is more complicated than treating an adult tapeworm infection. […] While the adult tapeworm stays in the gut, the larvae may settle in other parts of the body. […] When a larvae infection finally produces symptoms, the infection may have been present for years. […] In some rare cases, larvae infection can be life threatening.

• #2 Taenia Saginata (Beef Tapeworm) Infection – Infectious Diseases – Merck Manual Professional Edition

  https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/cestodes-tapeworms/taenia-saginata-beef-tapeworm-infection

  Infection with the beef tapeworm, Taenia saginata, may cause mild gastrointestinal upset or passage of a motile segment in the stool. […] Patients may be asymptomatic or have mild digestive symptoms including epigastric discomfort, nausea, flatulence, diarrhea, or hunger pains. Passage of a motile segment (proglottid) often brings an otherwise asymptomatic patient to medical attention. […] The larvae mature in approximately 2 months to adult worms that can live for several years; usually, only 1 or 2 adult worms are present. Adult T. saginata tapeworms are usually 4 to 12 meters in length, but can be as long as 25 meters.

• #2 Tapeworms in Cats: Signs, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment | UrgentVet

  https://urgentvet.com/tapeworms-infection-in-cats-signs-symptoms-causes-treatment-prevention/

  If youve noticed your cat acting differently losing weight despite eating well, excessively grooming, or scooting across the floor you might be dealing with a case of tapeworms. […] Some of the first red flags and signs of tapeworm infection in cats include: Increased or excessive grooming, particularly around the rear end […] As the infection progresses, more noticeable tapeworm symptoms may appear, including: White worms in cats stool or around the anus: Tapeworm segments resemble grains of rice and are often found in feces or on bedding. […] While a mild tapeworm infection may not immediately threaten a healthy adult cat, it can become problematic if left untreated. […] If you suspect your cat has tapeworms, its important to promptly take your pet to see a veterinarian. […] The good news is that tapeworm treatment for cats is straightforward and highly effective. […] Most treatments work quickly, and pet owners should expect to see dead tapeworm segments in the cats stool within a day or two. […] Preventing tapeworms in cats is much easier than treating an infection.

• #2 Symptoms of a Tapeworm Infection and How Its Treated

  https://www.verywellhealth.com/tapeworm-infection-overview-4163644

  In most cases, infection with a tapeworm causes few or no symptoms. In fact, many people with taeniasis do not even realize that they’ve been infected. […] If there are signs and symptoms of taeniasis, they may include: Abdominal pain, Diarrhea, Fatigue, Hunger, Lack of appetite, Nausea, Passing tapeworm segments in the stool, Weight loss. […] Neurocysticercosis can cause headaches, seizures, and confusion. […] An untreated infection can also lead to vitamin B12 deficiency which, in turn, can cause anemia. This condition can occur when your body lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry sufficient oxygen to the tissues in your body. […] Signs and symptoms of anemia can include: Chills, Dizziness and fainting, Headaches, Jaundice (yellowing of the skin), Paleness, Tiredness, Weakness, Shortness of breath, Irregular heartbeat.

• #2 Tapeworm Infection: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

  https://www.carehospitals.com/diseases-conditions/tapeworm-infection

  Tapeworms are flat, ribbon-like parasitic worms that can live in your gut. They can cause various uncomfortable symptoms. It’s essential to know the signs of a tapeworm infection so you can get help quickly. […] Tapeworm symptoms can vary based on the type of tapeworm, the severity of the infection, and how your body reacts. Here are some common tapeworm symptoms in humans: […] Dull, aching stomach pain and discomfort, which may come and go or last a long time […] Feeling full or bloated, even after eating just a little […] Diarrhoea, constipation, or both […] Nausea and vomiting […] Weakness and tiredness […] Tapeworms can steal your nutrients, leading to unexplained weight loss or loss of appetite. […] Some people might feel hungrier than usual because tapeworm takes their food.

• #2 Fish tapeworm infection: MedlinePlus Medical EncyclopediaLock

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001375.htm

  Fish tapeworm infection is an intestinal infection with a parasite found in fish. […] After a person has eaten infected fish, the worm larva begins to grow in the intestine. Larvae are fully grown in 3 to 6 weeks. The adult worm, which is segmented, attaches to the wall of the intestine. The tapeworm may reach a length of 30 feet (9 meters). Eggs are formed in each segment of the worm and are passed in the stool. Sometimes, parts of the worm may also be passed in the stool. […] Most people who are infected have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they may include: Abdominal discomfort or pain, Diarrhea, Weakness, Weight loss. […] The tapeworm absorbs the nutrition from food that the infected person eats. This may lead to vitamin B12 deficiency and anemia. […] Untreated, fish tapeworm infection may cause the following: Anemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency (megaloblastic anemia), Intestinal blockage (rare). […] Contact your provider if: You have noticed a worm or segments of a worm in your stool, You have symptoms of anemia, Any family members are diagnosed with a fish tapeworm infection. […] Fish tapeworms can be treated with a single treatment dose. There are no lasting effects.

• #2 Tapeworm (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth

  https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/tapeworm.html

  Tapeworms are flat worms that can live in a person’s digestive tract. Tapeworm infections are rare in the United States. When they do happen, they’re easy to treat. Often, people may not know they have a tapeworm infection because they have no symptoms or their symptoms are mild. […] Most kids who have a tapeworm infection don’t notice anything. It can take months or years for signs to start. Then, a child might complain of: mild nausea, diarrhea, belly pain, weight loss. Kids with a tapeworm infection may feel a piece of the worm coming out through the anus (where the poop comes out). You may even see a piece of worm in the poop. […] A tapeworm that’s in the intestines for a long time can get big and block the appendix or other organs, leading to appendicitis and other problems. […] There are different types of tapeworm. One (fish tapeworm) can cause anemia because it uses up the vitamin B12 that a person needs to make red blood cells.

• #2 Tapeworm (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth

  https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/tapeworm.html

  The eggs of another type of tapeworm (pork tapeworm) cause a disease called cysticercosis (sis-tuh-ser-KOE-sis). This happens when pork tapeworm eggs from poop get into someone’s mouth. (It doesn’t happen from eating contaminated pork.) They hatch into larvae, then go through the intestinal wall and enter the bloodstream. From there they can travel to different organs in the body, such as muscles, eyes, or brain, where they form cysts. This can lead to: lumps under the skin, seizures, vision problems, an abnormal heartbeat, weakness or trouble walking. […] Cysticercosis is rare in the United States, but common in many developing countries.

• #2 Tapeworms in Humans: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

  https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tapeworms-in-humans

  Sometimes tapeworms cause symptoms such as: Nausea, Weakness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Hunger or loss of appetite, Fatigue, Weight loss, Vitamin and mineral deficiencies. […] However, often tapeworms don’t cause symptoms. The only sign of tapeworm infection may be segments of the worms, possibly moving, in a bowel movement. […] In rare cases, tapeworms can lead to serious complications, including blocking the intestine, or smaller ducts in the intestine (like the bile duct or pancreatic duct). […] If pork tapeworm larvae move out of the intestine, they can migrate to other parts of the body and cause damage to the liver, eyes, heart, and brain. These infections can be life-threatening. Seizures are the most common symptom of cysticercosis, the infection caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm.

• #2 Treat tapeworm infection to improve academic performance | Stanford Report

  https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2018/05/treating-tapeworm-infection-improve-academic-performance

  A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of a potentially fatal tapeworm infection among school-age children. […] Tapeworm infection tied to pork consumption in poor regions can cause cognitive damage and enforce cycles of poverty. […] This disease invades the brain, said John Openshaw, the studys lead author and an infectious disease instructor at Stanford School of Medicine. Children who are affected during formative school years risk cognitive deficits which could enforce a cycle of poverty. […] The World Health Organization estimates that the infection is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in the developing world and results in 29 percent of epilepsy cases in endemic areas. […] Symptoms of this infection can range from chronic headaches to seizures to psychiatric disturbances such as hallucinations.

• #2 Taeniasis (tapeworm)

  https://www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-diseases/taeniasis-tapeworm

  Taeniasis is often asymptomatic. […] T. saginata infections are often asymptomatic, apart from the anal passage of tapeworm segments. Infection may be associated with epigastric pain, diarrhoea and weight loss. […] T. solium adult worm infections are also usually asymptomatic. Many tissues and organs may be infected by the larval form (cysticercosis). Neurocysticercosis is a serious but rarely fatal complication, which may manifest as headaches, epileptiform seizures, and visual or psychiatric disturbances. […] Symptoms of cysticercosis may appear from weeks to years after infection. […] Many infections are largely asymptomatic, but the larval stage of T. solium may cause fatal cysticercosis. Chronic tapeworm infections contribute to malnutrition in developing communities in many parts of the world.

• #2 Cysticercosis: Overview, Symptoms & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23534-cysticercosis

  Common symptoms of cysticercosis are seizures, headaches, stiff neck, vomiting and confusion, but depend on where cysts are. […] The most common symptoms are from cysts in your nervous system, called neurocysticercosis. […] Neurocysticercosis (cysticercosis of the brain and spinal cord) symptoms include seizures, headaches, nausea, vomiting and confusion (cysticercal encephalitis), and stiff neck. […] Any cysts outside of your brain and spinal cord (nervous system) are called extraneural cysticercosis. […] Cysts under your skin (subcutaneous cysticercosis) or ophthalmic cysticercosis (cysticercosis of the eye) sometimes cause symptoms, including lumps under your skin, eye pain, double vision (diplopia), eye inflammation (uveitis or retinitis), limited eye movement, bulging eyes (proptosis), and vision loss.

• #2 TAPEWORM INFECTION – a patient’s guide – Family Doctor

  https://www.familydoctor.co.nz/categories/infections/tapeworm-infection-a-patients-guide/

  Symptoms of tapeworm infection differ according to the location of cysts formed in the body. And symptoms may not occur for months, or even years after infection. In some cases, there are no symptoms. […] A tapeworm in the intestine may cause mild stomach upset or diarrhoea. In some cases segments of the tapeworm can detach and appear in feces. Other possible symptoms include unexplained weight loss, anaemia, weakness, fatigue, and malnutrition. […] Cysticerci in muscles may cause no symptoms but can form lumps under the skin. […] Cysts in the eyes are rare, but they can float in the eye and cause blurred vision. In rare cases an eye infection can cause detachment of the retina. […] Cysticerci in the brain or spinal cord (neurocysticercosis) can cause headaches and seizures. Other less common symptoms include confusion, loss of balance, and swelling of the brain. The disease can be fatal in some cases.

• #2 What’s New

  https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Cysticercosis-PorkTapeworm-Taeniasis.aspx

  Taeniasis is often asymptomatic, but patients can experience nervousness, weight loss, gastrointestinal disturbances, and abdominal pain. […] Symptoms of cysticercosis vary, depending on where the cysts form in the body. […] Cysts in muscles usually do not cause symptoms, but lumps may be felt under the skin. […] Cysts may float in the eye and cause blurred vision or a detached retina. […] Neurocysticercosis can cause seizures, headaches, psychiatric disturbances, difficulty with balance, and death. […] Symptoms of cysticercosis may appear from a few weeks to ten years or more after infection, often after the larval cysts die.

• #2 Tapeworms and hydatid disease | Better Health Channel

  https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/tapeworms-and-hydatid-disease

  A person who comes in contact with the faeces of an infected dog (that is, when eggs from the tapeworm are passed in the faeces) may develop hydatid disease. This is serious and potentially fatal. Infection with tapeworm eggs causes cysts to form in vital organs such as the liver and lungs. […] The symptoms of hydatid disease depend on which organs are affected. The most commonly affected organ is the liver. The kidneys, brain and lungs are sometimes affected. In rare cases, hydatid cysts may form in the thyroid gland or heart or within bone. […] Symptoms can occur a long time after infection, sometimes months or years later. Sometimes there are no symptoms at all. If they occur, symptoms may include: stomach upset, diarrhoea, unexplained weight loss, swollen abdomen, anaemia, weakness and fatigue, cough, blood or the fluid from a ruptured cyst may be coughed up, jaundice pressure from an enlarging cyst may cause jaundice. […] Hydatid disease can be fatal without medical treatment. A heavily infested organ may fail or a cyst may rupture and cause a life-threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis).

• #2 Taeniasis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

  https://www.healthline.com/health/taeniasis

  Most people who have taeniasis dont have any symptoms. If signs and symptoms are present, they may include: […] Some people with taeniasis may also experience irritation in the perianal area, which is the area around the anus. Worm segments or eggs being expelled in the stool cause this irritation. […] People often become aware that they have a tapeworm when they see worm segments or eggs in their stool. […] Infections can take between 8 and 14 weeks to develop. […] Most cases of this infection go away with treatment. Medications prescribed for this condition are typically effective and will cure the infection. […] In rare cases, serious complications from the infection can occur. Tapeworms may block your intestines. This may require surgery to correct. […] In other cases, a pork tapeworm may travel to other parts of your body such as the heart, eye, or brain. This condition is called cysticercosis. Cysticercosis can cause other health problems such as seizures or infections in the nervous system.

• #2 Tapeworm Symptoms, Tapeworm Treatment & Tapeworm Diet – Dr. Axe

  https://draxe.com/health/tapeworm-symptoms/

  Its believed that the majority of people who become infected with tapeworms dont ever know it or develop noticeable tapeworm symptoms or complications. The tapeworm is eventually killed off inside the intestines and excreted through a bowel movement. However, some people are not so lucky and manage to stay infected with a tapeworm for months or even years, left to deal with uncomfortable tapeworm symptoms. […] Although its not very common, its possible for tapeworm symptoms to become very serious if a worm blocks someones intestines, causes deficiencies in key vitamins or minerals or causes larva to migrate out of the intestines and into other parts of the body where they form cysts. […] Tapeworm infections affect the intestines of humans and occur when people eat raw or undercooked, contaminated animal meat and fish. […] Tapeworms often dont cause any noticeable symptoms at all but can cause digestive issues, fatigue, muscle aches, malabsorption, deficiencies and weight loss in some people.

• #2 Tapeworm infection // Middlesex Health

  https://middlesexhealth.org/learning-center/diseases-and-conditions/tapeworm-infection

  Larval cysts in other organs. These can affect how well the organ works. For example, larval cysts can cause severe disease in the liver, lungs or heart. Symptoms vary widely. In some cases, a lump can be felt. There also may be pain and swelling at the site of the larval cyst infection. […] Symptoms usually show up years after the infection began. They happen when the immune system responds to the cyst shedding debris, breaking down or hardening. Symptoms also appear when one or more cysts keep an organ from working correctly.

• #2 Tapeworm Infestation Clinical Presentation: History, Physical, Causes

  https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/786292-clinical

  D caninum infections are mostly asymptomatic with some symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, anal pruritus, and urticaria. […] Echinococcosis infections are potentially dangerous because they typically remain asymptomatic until the cysts cause a mass effect on an organ, which can occur 5-20 years after the initial infestation. […] Hepatic echinococcosis can cause signs of abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the right upper quadrant. […] Rupture or leakage of the hydatid cyst produces fever, urticaria, and potentially fatal anaphylaxis. […] Sparganosis commonly presents as subcutaneous edema and invades not only the subcutaneous tissue but also the muscles, eyes, urogenital system, abdominal viscera, and rarely the central nervous system. […] Coenurosis caused by T multiceps presents as a space-occupying cystic lesion of the central nervous system and subcutaneous tissues, leading to symptoms of mass effects and obstruction.

• #2 Tapeworm – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537154/

  Symptoms include seizures, focal neurological deficits, intracranial hypertension, cognitive decline, vague symptoms of a headache, associated stroke, or involuntary movements. […] NCC has a good prognosis with symptoms improving after treatment, but prognosis varies depending on the location and burden of disease. Subarachnoid and intraventricular cysts have significant morbidity and mortality while single parenchymal brain lesions have a high chance of survival with no seizure relapses. […] NCC complications include epilepsy, headache, neurologic deficits, strokes, and hydrocephalus.

• #2 Tapeworm Infection: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23950-tapeworm-infection

  Tapeworms infect animals and humans. They live in your intestines and feed off the nutrients you eat. Symptoms can include nausea, weakness, diarrhea and fatigue, or you may not have symptoms. You may see eggs or worm pieces in your poop. […] Intestinal tapeworms usually cause mild gastrointestinal symptoms, if any. They may include: Hunger. Loss of appetite. Nausea. Fatigue. Stomach cramps. Diarrhea. […] Cystic larval infections often cause no symptoms. They may be visible as lumps under your skin, or they may make themselves known by causing complications to your internal organs. This usually takes years. […] Complications depend on which kind of tapeworm you have, whether it’s intestinal or invasive, and where the invasive larvae are located. […] It often takes a while to realize you have a tapeworm infection. Symptoms might not appear for months or years. Once you discover and treat a tapeworm, it’ll die and pass from your body shortly. However, if you never discovered it, the tapeworm would eventually live out its life, die and pass from your body on its own after a period of years.

• #2 Tapeworms | nidirect

  https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/conditions/tapeworms

  Tapeworms usually cause few or no symptoms. Many can be easily treated. But very occasionally, the worms can spread to other parts of the body and cause serious problems. […] Tapeworms can also sometimes cause other symptoms, such as tummy pain, diarrhoea, feeling sick or vomiting, loss of appetite or increased appetite, weight loss. […] More serious symptoms can appear if worms get into other parts of the body, such as the brain or liver. […] In rare cases, tapeworms can cause serious problems if newly hatched worms get from the gut into other organs, such as the brain or liver. […] The worms can form sacs called cysts, which can stop the affected organ working properly. […] Depending on where they form, the cysts can cause problems such as headaches and fits (seizures), yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), a cough, shortness of breath, or coughing up blood, vision problems, a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) this can happen if a cyst bursts open.

• #2 Tapeworm Symptoms in Humans: What to Know

  https://www.verywellhealth.com/tapeworm-infection-signs-symptoms-and-complications-4163853

  Symptoms of these three types of tapeworm may include: abdominal pain, lack of appetite, visible tapeworm segments in your stool, unintended weight loss, upset stomach. […] Dwarf tapeworm symptoms are similar but may make you feel sicker than the Asian, beef, or pork worms. Symptoms may include: abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea, weakness. […] Fish tapeworm symptoms are usually mild. They can include: abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite, weakness, unintended weight loss. […] Tapeworm symptoms can often fly under the radar until more obvious or severe symptoms occur. If you have any of the following symptoms, see your healthcare provider: anal itching, dizziness, fatigue, „grains of rice” or inch-long whitish strings in your stool, headaches, heart palpitations or rapid heartbeat, lack of appetite, low energy, ongoing diarrhea or abdominal pain, pain between shoulder blades, ringing in ears, tingling or numbness in the extremities, unintended weight loss.

• #2 Tapeworm infection – hymenolepsis – UF Health

  https://ufhealth.org/conditions-and-treatments/tapeworm-infection-hymenolepsis

  Symptoms occur only with heavy infections. Symptoms include: Diarrhea, Gastrointestinal discomfort, Itchy anus, Poor appetite, Weakness. […] Health problems that may result from this infection include: Abdominal discomfort, Dehydration from prolonged diarrhea. […] Contact your health care provider if you have chronic diarrhea or abdominal cramping.

• #2 Fish Tapeworm Infection (Diphyllobothriasis)

  https://www.healthline.com/health/diphyllobothriasis

  Fish tapeworm infections rarely present noticeable symptoms. Tapeworms are most often discovered when people notice eggs or segments of the tapeworm in stool. […] Symptoms could include: diarrhea, fatigue, stomach cramps and pain, chronic hunger or lack of appetite, unintended weight loss, weakness. […] If left untreated, fish tapeworm infections can cause serious problems. These complications may include: anemia, specifically pernicious anemia caused by vitamin B-12 deficiency, intestinal blockage, gallbladder disease.

• #2 Tapeworm (Taeniasis / Cysticercosis) | Texas DSHS

  https://www.dshs.texas.gov/notifiable-conditions/zoonosis-control/zoonosis-control-diseases-and-conditions/tapeworm-taeniasis-cysticercosis

  Most cases have no symptoms. In many cases, patients become aware of the infection by noting proglottids (segments of tapeworm) in stools or mobile Taenia saginata proglottids emerging from the anus. If they occur, symptoms are mild and non-specific and include abdominal pain, digestive disorders, excessive appetite or loss of appetite, weakness, and loss of weight. […] Approximately 50 million persons are infected with both parasites worldwide. About 50,000 people die of cysticercosis annually. In the US, laws governing feeding practices and inspection of domestic food animals have largely eliminated the problem of tapeworms. An estimated 1,000 new cases of cysticercosis are diagnosed in the US each year. […] Identification of segments, eggs, or heads of the parasite in the feces diagnoses taeniasis. Diagnosis is not possible during the first three months following infection, before the development of adult tapeworms. The doctor may ask you to provide additional stool samples during a time interval. Persons who are found to have eggs or proglottids in their feces could be evaluated with a blood test since self-infection, and cysticercosis can occur. […] Tapeworms are treated with oral medications. Surgery is sometimes necessary to treat cysticercosis cases in the eyes, cases that are not responsive to drug treatment, or to reduce brain swelling.

• #2 Tapeworm infection – Hymenolepsis Information | Mount Sinai – New York

  https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/diseases-conditions/tapeworm-infection-hymenolepsis

  Symptoms occur only with heavy infections. Symptoms include: Diarrhea, Gastrointestinal discomfort, Itchy anus, Poor appetite, Weakness. […] A stool exam for the tapeworm and its eggs confirms the diagnosis. […] Expect full recovery following treatment. […] Health problems that may result from this infection include: Abdominal discomfort, Dehydration from prolonged diarrhea. […] Contact your health care provider if you have chronic diarrhea or abdominal cramping.

• #2 Tapeworm infection – beef or pork: MedlinePlus Medical EncyclopediaLock

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001391.htm

  Beef or pork tapeworm infection is an infection with the tapeworm parasite found in beef or pork. […] Tapeworm infection usually does not cause any symptoms. Some people may have abdominal discomfort. […] People often realize they are infected when they pass segments of the worm in their stool, especially if the segments are moving. […] With treatment, the tapeworm infection goes away. […] In rare cases, worms can cause a blockage in the intestine. […] If pork tapeworm larvae move out of the intestine, they can cause local growths and damage tissues such as the brain, eye, or heart. This condition is called cysticercosis. Infection of the brain (neurocysticercosis) can cause seizures and other nervous system problems.

• #2

  https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/from-insects-animals/Pages/Tapeworms.aspx

  Many tapeworm infections are symptom free. When symptoms are present, they often include nausea, diarrhea, and stomach pain. […] Children who ingest pork tapeworm eggs can develop tapeworm cysts (cysticercosis) within their internal organs. If these cysts occur in the brain, they can cause serious symptoms such as seizures, behavioral disturbances, and even death. […] When adult tapeworms cause human illness, doctors use the name taeniasis to describe the infection. In contrast, when pork tapeworm larvae lead to illness, it is called cysticercosis. […] Drug treatment for tapeworms is very effective and can completely kill the parasite. Treatment for the cysts will get rid of them, but the area of the brain may remain abnormal and seizures may continue.

• #2 Tapeworm infection – Augusta HealthSearchClose SearchSearch IconSearch IconClose Search IconMobile Menu IconMobile Menu Close IconInstagramFacebookTwitterYoutube

  https://www.augustahealth.com/disease/tapeworm-infection/

  Many people with intestinal tapeworm infection don’t have symptoms. If you do have problems from the infection, your symptoms will depend on the type of tapeworm you have and its location. Invasive tapeworm infection symptoms vary depending on where the larvae have migrated. […] Signs and symptoms of intestinal infection include: Nausea, Weakness, Loss of appetite, Abdominal pain, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Salt craving, Weight loss and inadequate absorption of nutrients from food. […] If tapeworm larvae have migrated out of your intestines and formed cysts in other tissues, they can eventually cause organ and tissue damage, resulting in: Headaches, Cystic masses or lumps, Allergic reactions to the larvae, Neurological signs and symptoms, including seizures. […] If you experience any of the signs or symptoms of tapeworm infection, seek medical attention.

• #2 Cysticercosis: Overview, Symptoms & Treatment

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23534-cysticercosis

  The symptoms of cysticercosis depend on where cysts form. […] You can have them for weeks to years without knowing it. Your immune system responds when the cysts die, causing symptoms. […] When the cysts start to die, your immune system recognizes them as invaders and causes inflammation to attack them. […] Inflammation from your immune system or pressure from mass effect can lead to life-threatening brain swelling and cause seizures, headaches and other neurological issues. […] When cysts die, they can leave behind hard patches (calcifications) in your brain. Calcified cysticercosis nodules are surrounded by fluid (edema) and can lead to seizures.

• #3 Tapeworms in Humans: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

  https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tapeworms-in-humans

  Sometimes tapeworms cause symptoms such as: Nausea, Weakness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Hunger or loss of appetite, Fatigue, Weight loss, Vitamin and mineral deficiencies. […] However, often tapeworms don’t cause symptoms. The only sign of tapeworm infection may be segments of the worms, possibly moving, in a bowel movement. […] In rare cases, tapeworms can lead to serious complications, including blocking the intestine, or smaller ducts in the intestine (like the bile duct or pancreatic duct). […] If pork tapeworm larvae move out of the intestine, they can migrate to other parts of the body and cause damage to the liver, eyes, heart, and brain. These infections can be life-threatening. Seizures are the most common symptom of cysticercosis, the infection caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm.

• #3 Cysticercosis: An Emerging Parasitic Disease | AAFP

  https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2007/0701/p91.html

  Cysticercosis (i.e., tapeworm infection) is an increasingly common medical problem in the United States, especially in the Southwest and other areas of heavy emigration from endemic areas or in populations with significant travel to these areas. The larval stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, causes the clinical syndrome of cysticercosis, with humans as dead-end hosts after ingestion of T. solium eggs. Its clinical effects vary depending on site of larval lodging, larval burden, and host reaction. These effects include seizures, headaches, focal neurologic symptoms, visual disturbances, and localized skeletal muscle nodules and pain. Cysticercosis should be considered in any patient from an endemic area presenting with these symptoms. […] The clinical features of cysticercosis depend on the location of the cysts and overall cyst burden. Cysts can lodge in the brain and spinal column, eyes, skeletal muscle, and subcutaneous tissues. Brain and eye cysts cause the most morbidity, with the brain being the most common location for cysts (60 to 90 percent of all cases) and the eye being the least common (1 to 3 percent).

• #3 Symptoms of Human Tapeworm | Human Tapeworm (Taeniasis) | CDC

  https://www.cdc.gov/taeniasis/signs-symptoms/index.html

  Most people infected with human tapeworms have mild or no symptoms. […] Digestive problems are a common symptom of human tapeworm. […] Passing tapeworm segments in your stool is the most visible symptom of human tapeworm. […] Most people with tapeworm infections have no symptoms or mild symptoms. […] Tapeworms can cause digestive problems including abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, and upset stomach. […] The most visible symptom of taeniasis is the active passing of proglottids (tapeworm segments) through the anus and in the feces. […] In rare cases, tapeworm segments become lodged in the appendix, or the bile and pancreatic ducts. […] Infection with T. solium tapeworms can result in human cysticercosis, which can be a very serious disease that can cause seizures and muscle or eye damage.

• #3 Tapeworms and hydatid disease | Better Health Channel

  https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/tapeworms-and-hydatid-disease

  A person who comes in contact with the faeces of an infected dog (that is, when eggs from the tapeworm are passed in the faeces) may develop hydatid disease. This is serious and potentially fatal. Infection with tapeworm eggs causes cysts to form in vital organs such as the liver and lungs. […] The symptoms of hydatid disease depend on which organs are affected. The most commonly affected organ is the liver. The kidneys, brain and lungs are sometimes affected. In rare cases, hydatid cysts may form in the thyroid gland or heart or within bone. […] Symptoms can occur a long time after infection, sometimes months or years later. Sometimes there are no symptoms at all. If they occur, symptoms may include: stomach upset, diarrhoea, unexplained weight loss, swollen abdomen, anaemia, weakness and fatigue, cough, blood or the fluid from a ruptured cyst may be coughed up, jaundice pressure from an enlarging cyst may cause jaundice. […] Hydatid disease can be fatal without medical treatment. A heavily infested organ may fail or a cyst may rupture and cause a life-threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis).

• #3 Tapeworm (for Parents) – Humana – Ohio

  https://kidshealth.org/HumanaOhio/en/parents/tapeworm.html

  Most people with a tapeworm infection got it by eating raw or undercooked beef, pork, or fish infected with tapeworm or contact with poop that contains tapeworm eggs. […] Most kids who have a tapeworm infection don’t notice anything. It can take months or years for signs to start. Then, a child might complain of mild nausea, diarrhea, belly pain, or weight loss. […] Kids with a tapeworm infection may feel a piece of the worm coming out through the anus (where the poop comes out). You may even see a piece of worm in the poop. […] A tapeworm that’s in the intestines for a long time can get big and block the appendix or other organs, leading to appendicitis and other problems. […] There are different types of tapeworm. One (fish tapeworm) can cause anemia because it uses up the vitamin B12 that a person needs to make red blood cells.

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