“Many deworming products are effective for more than one type of worm,” Dr. Wystrach adds. “There are many different varieties and drug classes; generally, products that are effective against ...

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of him after he made a serious kitchen error. Sam Ghali, an Assistant ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork. A shocking image of calcified parasites ...

Writing online, Dr Ghali described the condition as 'cysticercosis', otherwise known as infestation caused by the 'pork tapeworm'. He explained: "Essentially, these are larval cysts of taenia solium", ...

A disturbing X-ray has been shared on social media, showing what a body infested with tapeworms looks like. Sam Ghali, of the University of Florida, uploaded the photo on X, calling it one of the ...

Stomach-churning X-ray pictures show a man left bursting with tapeworm eggs after he made a grave kitchen mistake that allowed the parasites to take root. Sam Ghali, an Assistant Professor in ...

AN "insane" X-ray has revealed a man infested with hundreds of tapeworm eggs after making a huge error in the kitchen. The man only discovered he had the eggs after ...

Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium - also known as the pork tapeworm." According to Ghali, this occurs from a human consuming raw or uncooked pig, and then the person becoming ...

This is the disgusting and shocking scene which awaited medics giving an X-ray to a man whose body was filled with parasitic tapeworm eggs. The unusual situation arose after the man in question ...

Ingesting the eggs leads to tapeworm larvae growing in many different human tissues, particularly brain and muscle. This leads to seizures and more. Undercooked pork can contain tapeworm larvae, ...

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China ...