Neurocysticercosis, Cysticercosis of Brain Home Remedies, Treatments and Cures

Also called: Cysticercosis of Brain

Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in the developing world and is an increasingly important health issue in the United States. Recent results from the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru provide new evidence supporting the use of antiparasitic agents in highly selected patients with active cysts and seizures.Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection that results from ingestion of eggs from the adult tapeworm, Taenia solium (T. solium). When cysticercosis involves the central nervous system, it is called neurocysticercosis. Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the brain and a leading cause of epilepsy in the developing world, especially Latin America, India, Africa, and China .

Once largely the domain of the developing countries, neurocysticercosis is currently a growing public health problem in the United States. Because millions of people have immigrated to the United States from Latin America in recent years, neurocysticercosis has become an increasingly important cause of seizures in the United States. For example, between 1994 and 1998, an average of 120 patients with cysticercosis were admitted to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center per year, which was a substantial increase from 1983, when 80 cases were identified in all four Los Angeles County hospitals together. Cysticercosis now accounts for up to 10% of emergency room visits for seizures in the southwestern United States .