“This is a condition known as cysticercosis. Essentially, these are larval cysts of taenia solium — also known as the pork tapeworm.” He explained that the unnamed patient developed the ...

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, ...

Medical experts have issued an urgent warning after a disturbing case of beef tapeworm infection emerged from consuming "Soi Ju" (raw minced beef), a popular Thai dish. The incident has sparked ...

For instance, one man lived with a tapeworm in his brain for more than four years until the headaches and strange smells become too much to bear. In other cases, parasites can kill their host.

Pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a parasite that causes serious diseases in humans and pigs. The parasite causes epilepsy in humans and is estimated to be responsible for approximately 212 deaths per ...

After ruling out several conditions, including tuberculosis and cancer, doctors said the most likely diagnosis was neurocysticercosis - a disease caused by the “ingestion of eggs from the tapeworm ...

Doctors diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection in the brain caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo ...

A strain of these tapeworms: Taenia solium found in pig causes neurocysticercosis, a brain infection in humans and the leading cause of acquired epilepsy. The researchers warn that currently there ...