hello, I currently live in a country where neurocysticercosis is endemic. I would like to know if there is any blood test that detects if there are tennia eggs in me and consequently I am at risk of developing neurocysticercosis.
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Hi and sorry you are I'll. What are your symptoms? They should be able to detect it in a stool sample. Usually they take three samples on different days. Have eaten under cooked pork or beef?
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From www.cdc org
How is cysticercosis diagnosed?
Your health care provider will ask you about your symptoms, where you have traveled, and the kinds of foods you eat. Diagnosis may require blood tests and/or imaging studies. Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis is usually made by MRI or CT brain scans. Blood tests are available to help diagnose an infection, but may not always be accurate. If surgery is necessary to remove a cyst, the diagnosis can be made by the pathologist who looks at the cyst.
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