She thought she had jet lag. Doctors found parasitic worms in her brain.
Severe burning sensations and confusion were later attributed to rat lungworm, which is often transmitted through snails and slugs, a case study revealed.
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Symptoms of Intestinal Worms and How to Get Rid of Them
Often, people will have no symptoms of an intestinal worm infection. Several types of intestinal worms can infect humans. The general term for these animals is helminths. Several helminths ...
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Positive parasites
Never mind allergies, scientists are investigating the more dramatic theory that parasitic worms could improve the symptoms of or even cure debilitating diseases in humans. Some researchers ...
Woman’s mystery illness traced to brain-infesting parasitic worm
Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case study this month. In an 11-page paper published February 12, doctors at ...
Woman experiences holiday nightmare after meal choice leaves worms squirming in her brain
The 30-year-old woman was diagnosed with a rare parasitic infection following a sun soaked trip to Hawaii, Japan and Thailand ...
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Warning issued after woman had worms squirming in her brain after holiday error
which doctors believe could have transmitted the parasites to her. The patient went to A&E twice with symptoms, but doctors didn't think her condition was serious enough to admit her. She was ...
Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites
After a three-week-long vacation through Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, a 30-year-old woman learned she brought home an ...