Taeniasis Solium Infection

Also Know As Pork Tapeworm Infection, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis

Sign/Symptoms
Appetite Loss (Anorexia) Appetite Or Hunger Increase Constipation Headache (Cephalgia) Nausea Pain Abdominal Seizures Skin Itchy Around Anus Subcutaneous Nodules Vision Blurred Vomiting Weakness Weight Loss (Body Mass Index Decreased)

Drugs

Our Records are Incomplete for Drugs

Treatments
Surgery Resection Ventricular Shunt Alternative Medicine Cloves (Caryophyllum Aromaticum, Eugenia Caryophyllata) No Recommendation Very Low Evidence Tumeric (Curcuma longa) No Recommendation Very Low Evidence Vitae Elixxir No Recommendation Very Low Evidence Medical Therapy Resection Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Ventricular Shunt Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes
Criteria = Cosmopolitan Areas

Further Tests
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT) (Increased) Cerebrospinal Fluid Albumin Concentration Albumin (Cerebrospinal Fluid, CSF) (Increased) Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Concentration Glucose (Cerebrospinal Fluid) (Decreased) Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein (Increased) Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Electrophoresis Prealbumin (Increased) Albumin (Cerebrospinal Fluid, CSF) (Increased) Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential Cerebrospinal Fluid Leukocytes (Increased) Cholesterol Concentration Cholesterol (Total) (Increased) Cholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase) Cholinesterase (Decreased) D-Dimer Blood Test D-Dimer (Increased) Ferritin Concentration Ferritin (Increased) Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps) Fibrin Split Products (Increased) Fibrin Monomers Test Fibrin Monomers (Increased) Fibrinogen Concentration test Fibrinogen (Increased) Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) Action Assay Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) (Increased) Glucagon Concentration Test Glucagon (Increased) Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Concentration Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) (Decreased) haptoglobin (Hp) concentration haptoglobin (Hp) (Increased) Plasminogen Activity Plasminogen (Increased) Potassium Concentration (K, Blood) Potassium (K, Blood) (Increased) Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein) Alpha-1-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Alpha-2-Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Gamma Globulin (Blood, Serum) (Increased) Urine glucose concentration Urine glucose (Increased) Vitamin B12 (VB12) Concentration Vitamin B12 (VB12) (Decreased) White Blood Cell (WBC) Count White Blood Cell (WBC) (Increased)

Taenia Solium

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Vitae Elixxir[1, 12, 13]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Warning: Possible side effects of Vitae Elixxir include diarrhoea, pain, and a general worsening of existing symptoms.

Recommendation: No recommendation (Available evidence does not support claims that vitae elixir helps to treat taenia solium infections)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

Turmeric [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]:

Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that turmeric can help in the treatment of Taeniasis Solium Infections. More research is needed.)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

Cloves (Caryophyllum Aromaticum, Eugenia Caryophyllata) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Cloves help to treat Taenia Solium in any way)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. Balch, Phyllis and Balch, James. Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd ed., Avery Publishing, ©2000, pg. 94.

3. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition by Dan Bensky, Steven Clavey, Erich Stoger, and Andrew Gamble 2004

4. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/cloves

5. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-clove.html

6. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/turmeric

7. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html

8. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/turmeric/index.htm

9. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1668932.stm

10. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/28/curry-kills-cancer-cells-and-other-health-benefits-of-the-nations-favourite-dish-115875-21779950/

11. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=turmeric

12. http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/vitaeelixxir.html

13. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/vitae-elixxir

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