An American doctor from an emergency room in Florida has shared a worrying CT scan of a patient hospitalized for eating undercooked pork. The scan revealed a serious parasitic infection in the patient’s legs.
The photo was shared by Dr. Sam Ghali, an emergency physician at University of Florida Health Jacksonville, challenging his followers to identify the diagnosis.
Dr. Ghali later confirmed that the patient had been diagnosed with cysticercosis, the medical term for tapeworm infestation.
This case highlights the crucial importance of thoroughly cooking pork to prevent such infection risks.
The doctor explained in more detail in the thread the dangerous parasitic infection: cysticercosis.
Cysticercosis is an infamous parasitic infection caused by ingestion of larval cysts of Taenia Solium, also known as the pork tapeworm.
“Humans become infected with T. solium by ingesting cysts found in undercooked pork. After several weeks (usually 5 to 12 weeks), these cysts develop within the gastrointestinal tract into mature adult tapeworms. This condition is known as intestinal taeniasis,” Dr. Ghali explained.
“These adult tapeworms then release eggs which are then excreted in human feces. It is very important to note that only when these eggs are ingested via the fecal-oral route can the clinical syndrome known as cysticercosis develop,” he wrote.
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