Basic Summary for Tapeworms

Main name of condition: Tapeworms
Other names or spellings:

What is Tapeworms?
  Brief description of Tapeworms: Parasitic worm infestation of digestive or other organs.
  Parent types of Tapeworms: Worm conditions, Digestive Diseases, Liver conditions, Eye conditions, Brain conditions, Diseases contagious from food, Diseases contagious from pigs
  Organs Affected by Tapeworms: digestive, muscles, brain, eye, liver, lungs
  Types of Tapeworms: Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, Diphyllobothriasis, Alveolar Hydatid Disease

What causes Tapeworms?
Class of Condition for Tapeworms: parasite worm
Risk factors for Tapeworms: see risk factors for Tapeworms

What are the symptoms of Tapeworms?
Symptoms of Tapeworms: see symptoms of Tapeworms

How is it treated?
Treatments for Tapeworms: see treatments for Tapeworms

Society issues for Tapeworms
Hospitalization statistics for Tapeworms: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tapeworms:

0% (2) of hospital consultant episodes were for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of caseds of taeniasis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
50% of caseds of taeniasis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for taeniasis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% (7) of hospital bed days were for taeniasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 19, 2003

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