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Humans Can Host a Variety of Parasitic Worms. Here's How to Spot The Signs.
The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush ...
How to tell if you have parasitic worms – and how to treat them
In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...
Woman’s fever triggered by WORMS that had burrowed in her brain after making major food mistake
A WOMAN almost died after eating seafood contaminated with worms that burrowed in her brain. The 60-year-old turned up to ...
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What is babesiosis? The parasitic infection that 'eats' your red blood cells
Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.
This is what it looks like when parasitic worms directly invade your brain
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...
Woman’s poor sleep was caused by severe iron deficiency – then doctors found worms squirming inside her
MEDICS were shocked to learn a woman’s iron deficiency was caused by worms feeding off her body. The 75-year-old woman ...
60-Year-Old Woman Temporarily Loses the Ability to Communicate After Consuming Seafood with Worms Inside
A woman consumed a 'substantial amount of leftover crayfish' and later sustained a fever and lost the ability to communicate ...
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Worms discovered in brain of 60yo woman
In her case, published in Neurology, doctors revealed they discovered she had eaten crayfish the night before her symptoms began ... a parasitic worm often contracted from eating undercooked ...
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She thought she had jet lag. Doctors found parasitic worms in her brain.
Five days after symptoms started, the burning kept spreading ... which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature enough to reproduce but can survive long enough ...