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After consuming uncooked meat, a person suffered from epilepsy, seizures, lesions in the brain and blindness. The doctor diagnoses the disease as
After consuming uncooked meat, a person suffered from epilepsy, seizures, lesions in the brain and blindness. The doctor diagnoses the disease as
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The correct option is B Taeniasis
Taeniasis is an intestinal tapeworm infection caused by eating contaminated beef or pork. Two species, Taenia saginata and Taenia solium, cause pathology in humans. T. saginata is associated with the ingestion of the worm's larval form found in infected beef while T. solium is associated with that of infected pork. A more severe form of taeniasis, cystercercosis, can occur upon ingestion of T. solium eggs found in the faeces of infected humans. These eggs hatch in the small intestine and migrate to various tissues of the body and form cysts. A cysticercus cyst in the eye might lead to blindness, a cysticercus in the spinal cord could lead to paralysis, or a cysticercus in the brain (neurocysticercosis) could lead to traumatic neurological damage or epileptic seizures. One can develop taeniasis by eating raw or undercooked beef or pork. Contaminated food can contain tapeworm eggs (larva) that, when eaten, grow in intestines. Fully cooking beef or pork will destroy the larvae so that they cannot live in our body.
Taeniasis is an intestinal tapeworm infection caused by eating contaminated beef or pork. Two species, Taenia saginata and Taenia solium, cause pathology in humans. T. saginata is associated with the ingestion of the worm's larval form found in infected beef while T. solium is associated with that of infected pork. A more severe form of taeniasis, cystercercosis, can occur upon ingestion of T. solium eggs found in the faeces of infected humans. These eggs hatch in the small intestine and migrate to various tissues of the body and form cysts. A cysticercus cyst in the eye might lead to blindness, a cysticercus in the spinal cord could lead to paralysis, or a cysticercus in the brain (neurocysticercosis) could lead to traumatic neurological damage or epileptic seizures. One can develop taeniasis by eating raw or undercooked beef or pork. Contaminated food can contain tapeworm eggs (larva) that, when eaten, grow in intestines. Fully cooking beef or pork will destroy the larvae so that they cannot live in our body.
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