The following precautions should be taken to prevent cysticercosis:

• Wash hands with water and soap after using the toilet, before handling food, after changing diapers.
• Explain the importance of washing hands to children.
• Wash thoroughly and peel all fruits and raw vegetables before eating.
• Follow safety measures while traveling to developing countries, where cysticercosis is prevalent; such as:
• Drink only boiled or bottled water or carbonated drinks in cans or bottles.
• Filter water if you feel that it is not clean with “absolute 1 micron or less” filters and add iodine tablets to the filtered water.
• Ensure that the meat or fish is properly cooked before eating.
• Eat vegetables and fruits that have been peeled by you.

The transmission of cysticercosis can be controlled by:

• Educating the population in endemic areas about the route of transmission of the tapeworm eggs.
• Organising meat inspection in regions with high prevalence.
• Cooking meat thoroughly and freezing it before cooking can kill the cysticerci.
• Avoiding undercooked pork in the areas of endemic cysticercosis.
• Identifying human carriers of tapeworm depending on the history of proglottid passage and initiating targeted treatment.
• Maintaining good sanitary conditions, especially by properly disposing human stool in endemic areas.
• Changing pig-raising methods in endemic areas, probably by confining the animals and stopping them from roaming freely to prevent them from contacting infectious ova excreted in human feces.
• Vaccinating the pigs.