It is caused by larval tapeworms in the brain. This particular tapeworm was Taenia solium , which is a parasite that is present in pigs. It can spread to humans through contaminated food and water.

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

There are several parasites that can do damage in the human brain, but the most common in the Americas is the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. In the intestines, the worm can grow to 2 to 7 meters in ...

The surgeons removed it from Palma’s brain and placed it under a microscope. They sliced into it and found a baby tapeworm. “Of course I was grossed out,” said 42-year-old Palma on Thursday.

A spinal tap revealed she had extremely high levels of eosinophils, white blood cells that fight off parasites and other ... which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people ...

Humans can then become hosts after eating ... to assess her cerebrospinal fluid revealed signs of a rare brain infection caused by parasites known as eosinophilic meningitis.

A 41-year-old man from Hanoi, suffering from years of seizures and chronic headaches, recently discovered that a tapeworm had been living inside his brain. The patient reported experiencing daily ...

Those that do, he explains, could be at risk of being infected by a tapeworm—a long, ribbon-like parasite that can live in human intestines ... 700 tapeworms in his brain and lungs, a month ...

NHL prospect Carson Meyer was "absolutely freaking out" after a 25-inch tapeworm came out of his body Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to ...