A article posted in a medical journal discusses a man suffering from a parasitic infection in the brain that were causing frequent and severe migraines. The parasite, Taenia solium, is a tapeworm that normally infects pigs and can infect humans when eating uncooked and undercooked pork. The worm is more of an issue in developing countries where pigs roam free.
"Consuming T. solium eggs or larvae most often leads to a condition called taeniasis, in which small enclosed sacs, or cysts, of the worm's larvae accumulate in a person's intestines. However, the man in this case developed another condition, called cysticercosis, a version of the infection in which the cysts embed themselves inside a different tissue, such as muscle or the brain. When they embed within the nervous system, the condition is called neurocysticercosis."
Evidently, the patient denied eating raw or street food but admitted to a habit of eating lightly cooked,
non-crispy bacon for most of his life.
Following prompt treatment with anti-parasitic and anti-inflammatory drugs, the man survived the brain infection. He was successfully treated with drugs that reduced the size of the parasitic lesions, which also improved his headaches, the authors wrote in the case report.
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/parasitic-worms-found-in-mans-brain-after-he-likely-ate-undercooked-bacon
Parasitic worms found in man's brain after he likely ate undercooked bacon
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By Emily Cooke published March 11, 2024
A middle-aged man in the U.S. developed a parasitic infection in his brain after eating undercooked bacon.
