Parasitic larvae discovered after unexplained weekly migraines failed to respond to medication
Parasitic tapeworm larvae have been found in a man’s brain following weeks of worsening migraines, which researchers believe were caused by his consumption of undercooked bacon.
In a report released last week, the American Journal of Case Reports documented an unidentified 52-year-old American man who was experiencing weekly migraines that were unresponsive to medication.
The man denied traveling to “high-risk areas [for] food security and lived at home with his wife and cat in a modern home”, according to the report. Upon further questioning, the man revealed that he did have a preference for “lightly cooked, non-crispy bacon” which he ate for most of his life.
I’m left wondering, how do they get them out?
From an episode of House, I think they just used the usual anti-parasitic meds?
Do you mean… dewormer meds? I’m sorry, but I don’t have COVID. The worms stay so that others may benefit from my turntable glass bucket… stronger pass living… grey lightpost swim… I’m houseplant rotated… shitake…
This actually does read like an episode of house tbh
I recall a series on TLC during the early 2000s which discussed a case of this same thing befalling a woman in Guatemala. Our culture was much richer intellectually when those initials still stood for The Learning Channel
