cross-posted from: https://real.lemmy.fan/post/3480795

A Florida man suffering from persistent migraines was in for what was likely a nasty shock when he sought medical treatment and learned what was causing the pain.

Festering tapeworm eggs were discovered to have taken up residence in his head after physicians conducted a CT scan to obtain a detailed image of the 52-year-old man’s brain. And lots of them.

But the parasitic infection didn’t happen by accident. The man admitted to making a habit of regularly consuming undercooked bacon, which experts believe is what made him particularly vulnerable to the infestation, according to a report published in the American Journal of Case Reports.

  • Coelacanth
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    146 months ago

    Who the hell eats undercooked-

    A Florida man…

    Oh right. Makes sense.

    • @Tronn4
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      36 months ago

      Desantis

  • @Asidonhopo
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    36 months ago

    All this brain worm news has got me hypochondriac, and convinced they’re endemic in the general public. What is first aid that an uninsured person can do to slow the progress of hypothetical brain eating tapeworms? Eat more spicy foods maybe? I’m on it, the worms haven’t eaten anything too important yet I don’t think.

      • @Asidonhopo
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        16 months ago

        🤔 self reflection? I feel happy and am pretty functional? Some mild decline and fatigue but could just be age or long covid or mad cow, in my 40s so who knows.

        They should make a test you can take at home, I just want to piss on a stick and know the worms are all in my head, er… imaginary.

  • @9point6
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    26 months ago

    Wasn’t this a house episode?

  • @kromem
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    26 months ago

    Don’t worry Florida man, you can still grow up to run and lose for President while exponentially spreading more anti-science misinformation.