She thought she had jet lag. Doctors found parasitic worms in her brain.
Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case ...
Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites
Symptoms usually begin as headache, nausea, vomiting and fever, but then can spread to neurological symptoms after the ...
Woman, 30, infected by brain worms on trip to Hawaii — the symptoms that sent her to the hospital
A New England woman was struck with mysterious symptoms after returning from a three-week vacation, and doctors discovered ...
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her ...
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 ...
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Woman with ‘burning’ sensation in legs diagnosed with brain worm infection
A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed ...
Woman, 30, who complained of burning sensation in her feet shocked to discover she had brain worms
A WOMAN who complained of a burning sensation in her feet after returning home from a trip abroad was revealed to have ...
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Parasite lurking in woman's brain caused mysterious 'burning' leg sensation
A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.
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 ...
Burning Sensation in Woman's Legs Caused by Brain Worms She Got on a Three-Week Vacation
A woman returned from a three-week vacation and started noticing a strange burning sensation in her legs. She visited multiple doctors until being diagnosed with "rat lungworm," a parasite spread by ...