Caracterización clínico-epidemiológica de la neurocisticercosis como causa de epilepsia secundaria

Introduction: taenia solium is a parasite that belongs to the family Taeniidae, cestodea class, these are flattened and long worms that has the ability to infect humans and in turn produce alterations such as cysticercosis that is given by the intake of raw or undercooked meat that contains metacestodos or cysticercos being this the intermediate or larval form of the development of the parasite, when this larva arrives by circulation to the central nervous system produces one of the most serious alterations known by the name of neurocysticercosis is besides producing headache produces symptomatology such as epilepsy and sometimes the death of the patient. Objective: describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of neurocysticercosis as a cause of secondary epilepsy. Methodology: A review of the topic was carried out using a systematized bibliography search, using keywords related to the research study object available in DeCS and MeSH thesauri. Conclusion: Neurocysticercosis is an alteration of the central nervous system, of parasitic origin, considered of high importance in public health worldwide, not only because of its mortality, but also because of the irreversible neurological and neuropsychiatric sequelae that it produces. Every year there are 50,000 deaths andit is estimated that it affects between 2% - 4% of the general population, mainly in countries where it is endemic, although in recent years this epidemiological pattern has changed due to the ease of access to means of transport and the large nuclei of migrant population that go to developed countries

• Autores: Macea Zabala, Yolima del Carmen; Tatis Carrascal, Laura Melissa
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad de San Buenaventura
• Repositorio: Repositorio USB
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/5774
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10819/5774
• Palabra clave: Teniasis; Cisticercosis; Factores de riesgo; Neurocisticercosis; Epidemiología; Teniasis; Cysticercosis; Helminthiasis; Neurocysticercosis; Risk factors; Tesis - bacteriología; Artículo de revisión para grado; Neurocisticercosis; Epilepsia; Factores de riesgos; Parásitos
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