Why did they use CT before MRI?
Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
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Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#12Why did they use CT before MRI?
Presumably what they had available. Since MRI machines (and qualified technicians) are much more expensive, it's not uncommon for smaller facilities to rely on mobile MRIs which aren't on-site every day.
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#13Sounds like a Dr. House episode.
The first one specifically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_(House)
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#14This is a big fear of mine. I have a course of albendazole once every year just for this. It is de facto over the counter in India. I bought enough to last 4 years, the last time I was there.
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#15This is a big fear of mine. I have a course of albendazole once every year just for this. It is de facto over the counter in India. I bought enough to last 4 years, the last time I was there.
Do you take it even if you don't have any symptoms?
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#16if the worms are in the brain the man is likely not fine and won't ever be like before
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#17> The finding surprised the doctors since tapeworms aren’t endemic to Spain and he said he hadn’t traveled. However, the man may have been exposed during his work. Until 10-years prior, when he retired, he had worked in construction, often working alongside people who had migrated from regions where pork tapeworms (Taenia solium) are endemic. The parasitic worms can spread through the fecal-oral route. His doctors sp…
That's pretty much the only way norovirus spreads, and it's common enough to kill ~200,000 people a year.
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#18> The finding surprised the doctors since tapeworms aren’t endemic to Spain and he said he hadn’t traveled. However, the man may have been exposed during his work. Until 10-years prior, when he retired, he had worked in construction, often working alongside people who had migrated from regions where pork tapeworms (Taenia solium) are endemic. The parasitic worms can spread through the fecal-oral route. His doctors sp…
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Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#19This is a big fear of mine. I have a course of albendazole once every year just for this. It is de facto over the counter in India. I bought enough to last 4 years, the last time I was there.
Do you take it even if you don't have any symptoms?
Yes. 400mg prophylactic dose, once every year.
Re: Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He had worms
#20if the worms are in the brain the man is likely not fine and won't ever be like before
Half the time, there aren't any symptoms at all: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4621219/