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Suggest Treatment For Neurocystisiscois

my husband is suffering from neurocystisiscois since 1996 .He is having convulsion and they r pretty bad .He has been put on zenretard 200mg.He is taking 700mg perday.I wanted to know that is this disease curable or shall we leave it to god.When will it be completely cured
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your husband's symptoms.

Neurocysticercosis refers to the tapeworm infection of the brain, and it is the commonest causes of seizures/epilepsy in India.

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) can be easily treated with albendazole or praziquantel tablets. The improvement of infection can be seen and followed up with regular brain scans. NCC gets fully cured in a few months, however, it may take a few years in some cases.

So, in your husband's case, the NCC infection would have got cured by now.

In some people, after healing, NCC leaves a scar or calcification. These can also lead to seizures. Therefore, the anti-epileptic medications need to be continued for long.

If you can send the MRI report of your husband, i can guide regarding his treatment.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in

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Suggest Treatment For Neurocystisiscois

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your husband s symptoms. Neurocysticercosis refers to the tapeworm infection of the brain, and it is the commonest causes of seizures/epilepsy in India. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) can be easily treated with albendazole or praziquantel tablets. The improvement of infection can be seen and followed up with regular brain scans. NCC gets fully cured in a few months, however, it may take a few years in some cases. So, in your husband s case, the NCC infection would have got cured by now. In some people, after healing, NCC leaves a scar or calcification. These can also lead to seizures. Therefore, the anti-epileptic medications need to be continued for long. If you can send the MRI report of your husband, i can guide regarding his treatment. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in