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- A 52-year-old man from Florida was admitted to hospital with severe migraines.
- The doctors discovered that a tapeworm had laid eggs in his brain.
- The man was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, which is a condition that can cause migraines, seizures and neurological problems.
- The doctors believe that the tapeworm came from lightly fried bacon that the man often ate.
- He was treated with anti-parasitic and anti-inflammatory medication.
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A 52-year-old man from Florida was admitted to the hospital with a severe migraine.
He said that for the past four months he had had worse and worse migraine attacks.
The doctors suspected that congenital cysts were the cause of the great pain.
CT images of the brain showed what the doctors first assumed were the cysts, but at the time they were not.
The startling discovery is discussed in the peer-reviewed medical journal American Journal of Case Reports.
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Much worse
In the journal, the doctors say that further examinations, including an MRI examination, showed that it was not cysts in the man’s brain, but something far, far worse.
A tapeworm had laid eggs in his brain.
The eggs had encapsulated themselves, and it was these that gave the man the violent headaches.
Shocked right away
Migraines and seizures
The man was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis.
You can get cysticercosis after eating pig tapeworm eggs, excreted in the faeces of patients with an adult worm in the intestine, according to Large Norwegian encyclopedia.
The larvae that develop from the eggs can settle and form fluid-containing blisters in several organs and tissues, such as the brain, heart, skin and muscles.
When the disease is located in the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis.
BLAME: The doctors believe that too little fried bacon was the cause of the man’s problems. Photo: NTB Show more
Rare in western countries
The condition, which can be life-threatening, can cause many symptoms, including migraines, seizures, and neurological problems.
In many countries in South America and Africa, cysticercosis is the most common cause of epilepsy, according to the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, while the condition is very rare in the Western world.
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Blame it on the bacon
The man said that he had not eaten raw or unfinished street food, but admitted that he is very fond of eating bacon that is not cooked through.
All raw meat contains bacteria. Some of these can make you seriously ill.
Chicken and pork must always be cooked through.
The doctors write that they believe that the man, “thanks to his penchant for lightly fried pork”, got the tapeworm from bacon.
The man was treated with anti-parasitic and anti-inflammatory medicine, and was asked to visit an infection clinic.
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Extremely rare
In the medical journal, the doctors write that this case is a reminder that one must remember to fry the bacon well – and that even rare and unusual diseases can occur.
– This condition is non-specific and can easily be overlooked – especially if there is an underlying known neurological condition such as migraine present, they conclude.
2024-03-15 03:39:54
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