What Is Neurocysticercosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. How Is It Diagnosed?
Part of the difficulty in preventing and treating neurocysticercosis is the equipment required for a proper diagnosis. This disease requires CT or MRI brain scans for accurate diagnosis. Serious cases can be determined based on a blood test, but light infections may not appear in a blood test.
It’s important to contact a medical professional if you suspect you or someone you know has an intestinal tapeworm infection. Unfortunately, these diagnostic barriers make it difficult to accurately test in many parts of the world. This results in contaminated individuals and animals that can spread the tapeworm.
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