Seizure commonly associated with Neurocysticercosis are not linked with pork meat diet. A retrospective analysis

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v10i5.24896

Keywords:

Neurocysticerous, Seizure, Taenia solium, Pork Eater, Nepal

Abstract

Background: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a neglected tropical disease and common cause epilepsy in developing countries.

Aims and Objectives:The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of NCC and factor associated with the cause of NCC in Nepalese patients.

Material and Methods: All patient with complain of seizure admitted to the College of Medical Sciences, and Teaching Hospital (COMS-TH), Nepal for a period of 2016 were included in the study. All age group patients between 10-80 years old with confirmed diagnosed of NCC were considered for the retrospective analysis. The proportion distribution of NCC was categorized based on the etiology of seizures, demographic profile (gender and age) and dietary habit of patients.

Results: Among 142 patients with seizure, 54(38%) were computerized tomography (CT) scan confirmed NCC cases in which 29 (53.7) were male, and 25 (46.3%) were female. Almost 44 (81.5%) patients with NCC were below the age of 50 years, and high prevalence (31.5%) was observed at the age of 10-20 years old patients. All patients depend on the agricultural background, in which 35 (65%) were farmer and 19 (35%) with an agricultural background. Most of the patients lacked good hygienic habits. Additionally, 10 (18.5%) patients with NCC were vegetarian, 44 (81.5%) were non-vegetarian. Among non-vegetarian, only 2 (3.7%) were pork eaters. Most of the patients had poor hygienic habits and eating raw vegetables. All patients were managed with the single antiepileptic drug but, Albendazole plus steroid therapy was added in patients with active lesion observed in CT scan.

Conclusions:This study showed a high prevalence of NCC and a common cause of the new onset of seizures in the patient of COMS-TH, Nepal. Also, our data showed that NCC is not associated with pork eaters because NCC was observed more number in vegetarian compared to patients who consume pork meat diet.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
637
PDF
720

Downloads

Published

2019-08-09

How to Cite

Khanal, N., & Shrestha, R. (2019). Seizure commonly associated with Neurocysticercosis are not linked with pork meat diet. A retrospective analysis. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 10(5), 63–67. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v10i5.24896

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5 (2019)

Section

Original Articles

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The journal holds copyright and publishes the work under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license that permits use, distribution and reprduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. The journal should be recognised as the original publisher of this work.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).