Horrifying: A worm swimming in a 20-year-old man's brain almost caused his death
The following story proves that "you are what you eat", and for many years.
A 38-year-old man infected with a parasitic worm after apparently eating unclean food, carried it with him for 20 years until she decided to upset his mind
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22/11/2021
Monday, 22 November 2021, 07:58 Updated: 08:25
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We do not want to think about it but when we eat foods like meat or fish, there is a chance that potential parasites enter our body.
These can cause upset stomachs, fever and chills but they can also cause hospitalization, and their full effects can only become clear years later.
This was the case of a man who suddenly began to experience seizures in his late 30s.
He had no history of seizures, but he was found one night shaking on the floor and "talking nonsense."
He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment, where he was reported to have looked confused and continued to look at the ceiling involuntarily.
The case was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Investigations by the treating staff led to a possible suspect: the film worm.
Brain scans and blood tests eventually confirmed the diagnosis, revealing that the 38-year-old man's brain had become home to a number of lesions containing the worms.
Ugh that's not a word.
Tapeworm (Photo: ShutterStock)
A tapeworm infection is called cysticercosis, and although severe cases can have catastrophic effects on the body, such an infection can be unnoticed for months, years, and in this case, decades.
In the article, the doctors wrote that the infection apparently started 20 years before the patient arrived at the hospital.
At this time, he lived in Guatemala, where tapeworm infections are found in urban and rural areas.
Fortunately, the patient was cleared of the parasitic worms and three years later remained free of seizures.
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It's the truth
Tapeworms can be passed from person to person through fecal matter and can be present in uncooked or unclean chunks of meat and fish.
Although they are most often related to the digestive system, over time tapeworms can migrate throughout the body, settling in various organs - from the liver, lungs to the brain.
In the most affected areas, tapeworm infections can account for 30 to 70 percent of cases of suspected epilepsy.
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