Misdiagnosis of brain cancer is actually a pork tapeworm infection
Clown Maggot Outbreak Affects U.S. Livestock, Prompting USDA Response Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discussed the USDA’s efforts to manage the New World screwworm outbreak occurring in Texas and New Mexico. Rollins pointed out the concerning rise of this pest and highlighted the government’s strong actions to contain it. While reassuring that food supplies are currently […]
NYC mother had seizures due to tapeworm larvae infection in her brain
A New York mother who endured seizures for more than a decade and attempted suicide during one severe seizure was found to have tapeworm larvae in her brain. The 32-year-old woman was taken to the emergency room at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens after having suicidal thoughts due to persistent seizures, doctors wrote in […]
Tapeworm in man’s brain caused by eating undercooked bacon
He needed an ambulance. A 52-year-old Florida man who thought he was suffering from severe migraines was actually battling a strange tapeworm infestation in his brain caused by eating undercooked bacon. . The anonymous patient, whose medically harrowing story recently appeared in the American Journal of Case Reports, had been complaining of severe headaches for […]