Is parasite really so terrible? Can it climb into people's brain? You can see the following case~
Mr. Wen of Changsha underwent a craniotomy on March 23. The doctor removed an 11 cm long parasite from his brain. It is understood that Mr. Wen's hand was injured when he killed the frog. The larvae of the parasite crawled from the wound to the blood vessel, and then parasitized from the blood vessel to the head.
Usually, parasites live by eating the nutrient solution in their heads. They can crawl and cause brain dysfunction, such as paralysis, aphasia and memory loss.
The parasite is 11 cm in length.
The parasite enters the body from the wound because it cuts the finger when cutting the frog. Parasites travel from finger wounds to the brain, eating nutrients in cells and damaging nerve cell function. The picture shows the parasite removed.
Sanxiang City daily, March 23 - 19-year-old Xiao Li (pseudonym) accidentally scratched his finger when cutting a frog two years ago. Unexpectedly, the parasite larvae entered his body along the small wound. The 'latent' parasite quietly 'swam' along the blood to Xiao Li's brain, leading to headache and epilepsy, which could not be controlled by drugs. Today, Yang Zhiquan, director of the Department of functional neurosurgery of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, through craniotomy, captured a 11 centimeter long, swimming white striped spargana from Xiao Li's brain.
Parasites swim from the fingers to the brain
In the past two years, Xiao Li, who has always been healthy, had headache, epilepsy and other symptoms, and found foreign bodies in his head in the local hospital. However, the hospital has not been diagnosed, just eat epilepsy drugs to control the disease, the effect is not obvious.
In desperation, Xiao Li came to Xiangya Hospital for treatment. According to his condition, examination results and previous experience, Professor Yang Zhiquan suspected that the foreign body in his head might be a parasite! At this time, Xiao Li recalled an event two years ago.
'I was skinning a frog, and there was a wound on my finger. Maybe the larva of the parasite crawled in along the small hole. No wonder my fingers were itchy those days, but I thought it was nothing. How could I think it was a bug. "Recalling the situation at that time, Xiao Li was deeply impressed.
It turns out that this parasite is called sparganaria, which is a parasite commonly found in southern China. It often uses frogs and snakes as intermediate hosts. If people eat frogs, snakes or drink raw water containing eggs, or even apply the skin of infected frogs and snakes for treatment, the worms will parasitize the human body.
2 minutes to catch parasites alive
The doctor compared the CT films half a year ago and before the operation, and found that the terrible thing is that the insect in Xiao Li's brain may be alive! Compared with half a year ago, the insect even "swam" to the deep part of the brain by 2.5 cm.
The spargana will swim in the brain and survive by feeding on the nutrients in the brain cells. At the same time, it will excrete wastes. The toxins in these wastes will damage brain cells again, leading to the loss of nerve cell function. Inflammatory granuloma will form in the place where it crawls. It may even cause epilepsy, paralysis, aphasia, memory loss and other symptoms. Director Yang Zhiquan said that fortunately for Xiao Li, the location of the parasite swimming is at the bottom of the frontal lobe, which is a non functional area of the brain. However, if it continues to swim deep into the brain, it is likely to damage the brain stem of the life center. At present, antiparasitic drugs can no longer kill the insect, so it can only be removed by surgery as soon as possible to prevent further damage caused by the insect swimming in the human body This will fundamentally relieve Xiao Li's illness.
On the morning of March 23, experts such as director Yang Zhiquan and chief physician Yang transfer performed craniotomy for Xiao Li to 'capture' the parasite alive. After two hours of craniotomy, experts finally found the location of the parasite. Under the microscope, you can see the parasites moving in the brain very clearly. Professor Yang Zhiquan carefully clamped the parasite with tweezers, repeatedly adjusted the position and angle, and slowly dragged the parasite out. Two minutes later, the parasite was completely 'captured' out.
The reporter saw in the operating room that the spargana was just taken out and put on the plate with clean water. A white ribbon worm was wriggling. The doctor fished out the spargana and measured its length as 11cm.
This operation has completely removed the parasites and damaged brain tissue in Xiaoli's brain. His epilepsy symptoms will be relieved obviously, but the damaged brain tissue can not be recovered. 'said director Yang Zhiquan.
Don't listen to folk prescriptions
Snakes eat gall, frogs, etc
Director Yang Zhiquan reminded us to develop healthy eating habits. We should not credulous folk prescription, treat diseases by eating raw frog and snake gall, or use raw frog skin and snake skin to treat low back pain. Otherwise, parasites in vivo may enter the human body and damage the function of human tissue.
The parasites or eggs of frogs hatch into larvae in the intestines. After entering the intestines, they will flow to all parts of the body with the blood, absorb the nutrients of the human body and grow. Director Yang Zhiquan said that Xiangya Hospital has received more than 10 cases of sparganosis patients, most of whom come from remote rural areas. A patient once ate a frog raw when she was 5 years old. When she was 26 years old, doctors found that a large area of tissue in her brain was gnawed by insects.
Director Yang Zhiquan suggested that when cutting frogs or snakes, protective measures should be taken, and the cutting tool and knife board should be thoroughly cleaned after cutting. If it is found that someone has inflammation and itching after applying frog skin, they should seek medical treatment in time.