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What happens is when you're infected with a #tapeworm,
usually from raw pork or undercooked pork,
you ingest the eggs and those eggs will go on to hatch.
And in their larvae form, they will spread throughout the body and, depending on what tissues in the body they end in, they cause a disease called #cysticercosis.
For example, if the larvae end up in the eyes, they can cause blurred vision and blindness.
If they end up in the muscle, they can cause weak muscles.
But if they end up in any part of your central nervous system
– your spine or brain
– then they cause a form of disease that's called #neurocysticercosis.
And this particular form of the disease will range depending on your immune system and your health status and where exactly those larvae have ended up.
It can cause headaches and seizures.
For example, the disease is the leading preventable cause of epilepsy worldwide.
It can also cause issues with cognition.
And some people have problems with balancing problems, with lack of attention and also confusion.
Excess fluid in the brain can actually make this a very dangerous condition.
And in very, very rare cases, people do die from neurocysticercosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

What happens is when you're infected with a #tapeworm,
usually from raw pork or undercooked pork,
you ingest the eggs and those eggs will go on to hatch.
And in their larvae form, they will spread throughout the body and, depending on what tissues in the body they end in, they cause a disease called #cysticercosis.
For example, if the larvae end up in the eyes, they can cause blurred vision and blindness.
If they end up in the muscle, they can cause weak muscles.
But if they end up in any part of your central nervous system
– your spine or brain
– then they cause a form of disease that's called #neurocysticercosis.
And this particular form of the disease will range depending on your immune system and your health status and where exactly those larvae have ended up.
It can cause headaches and seizures.
For example, the disease is the leading preventable cause of epilepsy worldwide.
It can also cause issues with cognition.
And some people have problems with balancing problems, with lack of attention and also confusion.
Excess fluid in the brain can actually make this a very dangerous condition.
And in very, very rare cases, people do die from neurocysticercosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

What happens is when you're infected with a #tapeworm,
usually from raw pork or undercooked pork,
you ingest the eggs and those eggs will go on to hatch.
And in their larvae form, they will spread throughout the body and, depending on what tissues in the body they end in, they cause a disease called #cysticercosis.
For example, if the larvae end up in the eyes, they can cause blurred vision and blindness.
If they end up in the muscle, they can cause weak muscles.
But if they end up in any part of your central nervous system
– your spine or brain
– then they cause a form of disease that's called #neurocysticercosis.
And this particular form of the disease will range depending on your immune system and your health status and where exactly those larvae have ended up.
It can cause headaches and seizures.
For example, the disease is the leading preventable cause of epilepsy worldwide.
It can also cause issues with cognition.
And some people have problems with balancing problems, with lack of attention and also confusion.
Excess fluid in the brain can actually make this a very dangerous condition.
And in very, very rare cases, people do die from neurocysticercosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

What happens is when you're infected with a #tapeworm,
usually from raw pork or undercooked pork,
you ingest the eggs and those eggs will go on to hatch.
And in their larvae form, they will spread throughout the body and, depending on what tissues in the body they end in, they cause a disease called #cysticercosis.
For example, if the larvae end up in the eyes, they can cause blurred vision and blindness.
If they end up in the muscle, they can cause weak muscles.
But if they end up in any part of your central nervous system
– your spine or brain
– then they cause a form of disease that's called #neurocysticercosis.
And this particular form of the disease will range depending on your immune system and your health status and where exactly those larvae have ended up.
It can cause headaches and seizures.
For example, the disease is the leading preventable cause of epilepsy worldwide.
It can also cause issues with cognition.
And some people have problems with balancing problems, with lack of attention and also confusion.
Excess fluid in the brain can actually make this a very dangerous condition.
And in very, very rare cases, people do die from neurocysticercosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

What happens is when you're infected with a #tapeworm,
usually from raw pork or undercooked pork,
you ingest the eggs and those eggs will go on to hatch.
And in their larvae form, they will spread throughout the body and, depending on what tissues in the body they end in, they cause a disease called #cysticercosis.
For example, if the larvae end up in the eyes, they can cause blurred vision and blindness.
If they end up in the muscle, they can cause weak muscles.
But if they end up in any part of your central nervous system
– your spine or brain
– then they cause a form of disease that's called #neurocysticercosis.
And this particular form of the disease will range depending on your immune system and your health status and where exactly those larvae have ended up.
It can cause headaches and seizures.
For example, the disease is the leading preventable cause of epilepsy worldwide.
It can also cause issues with cognition.
And some people have problems with balancing problems, with lack of attention and also confusion.
Excess fluid in the brain can actually make this a very dangerous condition.
And in very, very rare cases, people do die from neurocysticercosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

Intestinal parasites burrowed into man’s brain—and lived there for years - Enlarge / Head of pork tapeworm. (credit: Getty | Michael J Klein)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1812394 #neurocysticercosis #medicalcasestudy #casestudy #parasites #tapeworms #seizures #science #nejm