What you need to know about testing for swine flu

Tuberculosis is caused by ingesting contaminated food contaminated with tapeworm eggs or larvae (such as pork rice) that have not been thoroughly cooked. Recently, many people have rushed to test for swine flu - this is not a new disease, the rate of helminthic diseases in Vietnam is still high. According to the Ministry of Health: Being positive when testing for swine flu cannot confirm the disease. So when to test for swine flu? How to treat and prevent disease?

Currently, the number of children infected with swine flu in Bac Ninh is increasing. Many residents are worried about the possible outbreak of swine flu in Hanoi, so they are looking for more information on whether to get tested for tapeworms or not.
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), to detect whether rice fluke infection is present or not, it is necessary to rely on symptoms such as abdominal pain, passing out burning flukes or, digestive disorders... along with testing. experience. Patients should think about testing for tapeworms if they have symptoms such as:
Symptoms of fluke burning, digestive disorders, prolonged abdominal pain... When there are signs of tapeworm on the skin (floating) lumps, lumps on the skin) When there are signs that the doctor suspects caused by tapeworms on the brain such as: convulsions, seizures, headaches, paralysis of limbs or quadriplegia, in more severe cases, coma may occur. The appearance of lumps in the eye sockets, eyelids, in the conjunctiva, vitreous... According to the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), many cases, although positive when testing for tapeworms, does not mean that are suffering from rice fluke disease, because most people get helminthiasis when the body has eliminated the source of the disease, the test will still be positive long after.
A positive test in asymptomatic subjects can only confirm that the person has had a past infection with helminths, possibly due to previous exposure, but does not confirm that the person is currently infected. swine flu or not.

To proactively recognize and prevent swine flu, the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health recommends that people:
Eat cooked food, drink cooked food, eat foods that have been thoroughly cooked and processed hygienically. . Do not use sick pork for food preparation. Do not eat undercooked or undercooked pork, raw spring rolls, (risk of adult tapeworm infection), unhygienic raw vegetables (risk of tapeworm larvae). Fresh manure management, especially in areas where adult tapeworms are present. Use hygienic toilets. No free-range pigs. People with adult flukes in the intestines must be treated, not defecated indiscriminately Reference source: Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health