Cysticercosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cysticercosis, or a subtype of Cysticercosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Cysticercosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Types of Cysticercosis:
Broader types of Cysticercosis:
Geography Profile for Cysticercosis: The tapeworm that causes cysticercosis is found worldwide. Infection is found most often in rural, developing countries with poor hygiene where pigs are allowed to roam freely and eat human feces. This allows the tapeworm infection to be completed and the cycle to continue. Infection can occur, though rarely, if you have never traveled outside of the United States. Taeniasis and cysticercosis are very rare in Muslim countries where eating pork is forbidden. (Source: excerpt from Cysticercosis: DPD)
Complications of Cysticercosis:
see complications of Cysticercosis
Causes of Cysticercosis: see causes of Cysticercosis
Risk factors for Cysticercosis:
see
risk factors for Cysticercosis
Symptoms of Cysticercosis: see symptoms of Cysticercosis
Complications of Cysticercosis: see complications of Cysticercosis
Incubation period for Cysticercosis: months to years
Incubation period for Cysticercosis: Symptoms can occur months to years after infection, usually when the cysts are in the process of dying. When this happens, the brain can swell. The pressure caused by swelling is what causes most of the symptoms of neurocysticercosis. Most people with cysticerci in muscles won’t have symptoms of infection. (Source: excerpt from Cysticercosis: DPD)
More information:
see contagiousness of Cysticercosis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cysticercosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cysticercosis.
Treatments for Cysticercosis:
see treatments for Cysticercosis
Prevention of Cysticercosis:
see prevention of Cysticercosis
Research for Cysticercosis:
see research for Cysticercosis
Hospitalization statistics for Cysticercosis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cysticercosis:
Main name of condition: Cysticercosis
Class of Condition for Cysticercosis: parasite worm
Taenia solium, Taeniasis, Neurocysticercosis, Submacular Cysticercosis
Pork tapeworm
Source - Diseases Database
Neurocysticercosis, Submacular Cysticercosis, Taeniasis
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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