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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for Cysticercosis
  1. Cysticercosis 
    Cysticercosis is an infection by a parasite called Taenia solium ( T solium ). It is a pork tapeworm ... Cysticercosis is caused by swallowing eggs from T solium . The eggs are found in contaminated food. Autoinfection ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000627.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Alphabetical Index of Parasitic Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Parasitic Diseases/Start Here ... Parasitic Diseases ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Parasitic Diseases A–Z Index: More information about specific ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/listing - External Health Links
  3. Facts about Diseases that Can Spread between Animals and People (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Animal Diseases and Your Health/Start Here ... Animal Diseases and Your Health ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Learn about the types of diseases that ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/diseases - External Health Links
  4. Parasitic Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Parasites are living things that use other living things - like your body - for food and a place to live. You can get them from contaminated food or water, a bug bite, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/parasiticdiseases.html - Health Topics
  5. Tapeworm infection - beef or pork 
    ... brain, eye, or heart. This condition is called cysticercosis . Infection of the brain (neurocysticercosis) can cause seizures ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001391.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Encephalitis 
    ... disease , syphilis , and tuberculosis Parasites such as roundworms, cysticercosis , and toxoplasmosis in people with HIV/AIDS and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001415.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Transverse Myelitis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Spinal Cord Diseases/Specifics ... Spinal Cord Diseases ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../disorders/transverse-myelitis - External Health Links
  8. Meningitis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Meningitis/Start Here ... Meningitis ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Meningitis is an infection ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/meningitis - External Health Links
  9. Praziquantel 
    ... provider.tell your doctor if you have ocular cysticercosis (infestation with a type of tapeworm that forms ... if you have or have ever had seizures; cysticercosis nodules (bumps) just under your skin; or kidney, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a608048.html - Drugs and Supplements