A tapeworm found in a male brain suffering from chronic headaches...I enjoyed eating this
Mar 14, 2025
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According to local media such as VN Express, A, a 41-year-old man living in Hanoi, Vietnam, suffered seizures and headaches for several years.
Taking the medication temporarily improved, but the symptoms continued continuously.
He recently began to have severe seizures due to his deteriorating condition, and it was difficult to eat and sleep.
When he visited the hospital, he listened to the medical staff's explanation that tapeworms were found in the brain.
Medical staff at Dang Reactionwoo Hospital in Hanoi conducted MRI and blood tests and found damage to the central nervous system caused by tapeworm larvae.
The medical staff estimated that "you must have been infected with tapeworms because of your eating habits of unripe vegetables and drinking animal blood.'
A tapeworm infection of the nervous system, medically referred to as 'Neurocysticercosis', can occur when pork already infected with tapeworm is eaten raw or uncooked, contacted with tapeworm carriers, or ingested food contaminated with eggs.
Symptoms vary depending on the number, location, and degree of inflammation of the cyst, and the most common symptoms include seizures, increased intracranial pressure, encephalitis, and hydrocephalitis.
It can also cause memory loss, severe headaches, and vision impairment, and if left untreated, it can lead to death.
Treatment of cysticercosis includes symptomatic therapy, anthelmintics, or surgical surgery, and the treatment is determined according to the patient's clinical symptoms.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
